Serratus Anterior Transposition Muscle Flaps for Bronchial Coverage: Technique and Functional Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2044-2046

  Groth, Shawn S ^a   Whitson, Bryan A ^a   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^a   Andrade, Rafael S ^a   Landis, George H ^a   Maddaus, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATUS ANTERIOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLEURAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71649105422     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.062     Document Type: Article

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