New thoracodorsal artery perforator (TAPcp) flap with capillary perforators for reconstruction of upper limb

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-145

  Koshima, Isao ^a   Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a   Mihara, Makoto ^a   Iida, Takuya ^a   Gonda, Koichi ^a   Uchida, Gentaro ^a   Nakagawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary perforator; Flow through flap; Muscle perforator; Perforator flap; Septocutaneous perforator; TAP flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERFORATOR FLAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTERIES; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649089015     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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