A prospective study of donor-site morbidity after anterolateral thigh fasciocutaneous and myocutaneous free flap harvest in 220 patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Hanasono, Matthew M ^a,b   Skoracki, Roman J ^a,b   Yu, Peirong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIGH; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149140630     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c495ed     Document Type: Article

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