Anatomical and technical tips for use of the superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap in breast reconstructive surgery

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 381-389

  Dorafshar, Amir H ^a   Januszyk, Michael ^a,b   Song, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Perforator flap; Superficial inferior epigastric artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEROMA; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955502126     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249604     Document Type: Article

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