Latissimus dorsi/rib intercostal perforator myo-osseocutaneous free flap reconstruction in composite defects of the scalp: Case series and review of literature

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 559-567

  Seitz, Iris A ^a   Adler, Neta ^a   Odessey, Eric ^a   Reid, Russell R ^a   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimeric free flap reconstruction; Latissimus dorsi rib intercostal perforator myo osseocutaneous free flap; Scalp reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MUSCLE FLAP; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SCALP; SKELETON; SKIN FLAP; SKULL; SKULL DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; SCALP; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70449436130     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1236834     Document Type: Article

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