The anterior Obturator Artery Perforator (aOAP) flap: Surgical anatomy and application of a method for vulvar reconstruction

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 526-530

  O'Dey, Dan Mon ^a   Bozkurt, Ahmet ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obturator artery; Perforator flap; Vulvar reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR OBTURATOR ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE FLAP; VASCULARIZATION; VULVA RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149361674     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.08.033     Document Type: Article

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