Split lateral iliac crest chimera flap: Utility of the ascending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex vessels

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 574-581

  Dorafshar, Amir H ^a,b,c,d   Seitz, Iris A ^a,b,c,d   Dewolfe, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Agarwal, Jayant P ^a,b,c,d   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Medical Center ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICOPLASTY; FASCIA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THIGH; TONGUE TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICOPLASTY; FASCIA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76949097778     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c83013     Document Type: Article

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