The variability of the Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery (SIEA) and its angiosome: A clinical anatomical study

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-391

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Chubb, Daniel ^a   Grinsell, Damien ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956823550     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20750     Document Type: Article

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