Perforator flaps in the upper extremity

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 667-676

  Sauerbier, Michael ^a   Unglaub, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defect coverage; Intrinsic flaps; Perforator flaps; Upper extremity; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; DISTAL ULNAR PERFORATOR FLAP; DORSAL METACARPAL ARTERY FLAP; HUMAN; LATERAL ARM FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROXIMAL RADIAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; PROXIMAL ULNAR PERFORATOR FLAP; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; REVERSE DORSAL METACARPAL ARTERY FLAP; REVERSED FOREARM RADIAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP;

ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77956309269     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2010.06.010     Document Type: Review

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