Using perforators as recipient vessels (supermicrosurgery) for free flap reconstruction of the knee region

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-293

  Hong, Joon Pio ^a   Koshima, Isao ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee reconstruction; Perforator to perforator anastomosis; Supermicrosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649269032     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181ac4263     Document Type: Article

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