Introducing the septocutaneous gluteal artery perforator flap: A simplified approach to microsurgical breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-495

  Tuinder, Stefania ^a   Chen, Constance M ^b   Massey, Marga F ^b   Allen, Robert J ^b   Van Der Huist, Rene ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; BUTTOCK; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUTTOCKS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951639681     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181fed4d6     Document Type: Article

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