Use of a bilobed gracilis myocutaneous flap in perineal and genital reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-227

  Vyas, Raj M ^a   Pomahac, Bohdan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

angiosome; bilobed flap; fistula repair; gracilis myocutaneous flap; perineal reconstruction; reconstructive surgery; rectal reconstruction; vulvovaginal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; VAGINA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERINEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; VAGINA;

EID: 77955229634     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181c9c434     Document Type: Article

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