Scars and perforator-based flaps in the abdominal region: A contraindication?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Dragu, Adrian ^a   Unglaub, Frank ^a   Wolf, Maya B ^a   Beier, Justus P ^a   Schnabl, Saskia M K ^a   Kneser, Ulrich ^a   Leffler, Mareike ^a   Horch, Raymund E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 77950807886     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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