Pedicled anterolateral thigh flap a versatile flap for difficult regional soft tissue reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 458-461

  Friji, M T ^a   Suri, Manav P ^a   Shankhdhar, Vinay Kant ^a   Ahmad, Quazi G ^a   Yadav, Prabha S ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Groin defects; Pedicled flap; Perineal defect

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BUTTOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERINEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955873368     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181b4bc70     Document Type: Article

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