The anatomic basis of the internal mammary artery perforator flap: a cadaver study

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-196

  Schmidt, Manfred ^a   Aszmann, Oskar C ^a   Beck, Harald ^a   Frey, Manfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Injection; Internal mammary artery perforators; Perforator Flap

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; CERVICOPLASTY; CLAVICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORAX; THORAX WALL; TRACHEOSTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

BREAST; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 74849131461     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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