The perforator angiosome: A new concept in the design of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps for breast reconstruction

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Le Roux, Cara Michelle ^a   Pan, Wei Ren ^a   Corlett, Russell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATOR ANGIOSOME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74549192834     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20684     Document Type: Article

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