The pedicled 'propeller' deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap for a large abdominal wall defect

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-135

  Ang, G Gleda ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^a   Chauhan, Ajay ^a   Acosta, Rafael ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Free flap; Pedicled flap; Perforator flap; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; STOMA;

ABDOMINAL WALL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78650343236     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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