Delay in neurovenous flaps: Experimental and clinical experience

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-487

  Karacalar, Ahmet ^a   Idil, Oytun ^b   Demir, Ahmet ^a   Güneren, Ethem ^a   Şimşek, Tekin ^a   Özcan, Mesut ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Delay; Neurovenous flap; Sural flap; Tissue defect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7044253531     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000137246.76119.79     Document Type: Article

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