The number of intercostal artery perforators over the distal latissimus dorsi muscle

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Beer, Gertrude M ^a   Manestar, Mirjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intercostal artery; Latissimus dorsi muscle; Perforator flaps

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN; THORAX;

EID: 76649123119     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20926     Document Type: Article

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