Clinical applications of the pedicled anterolateral thigh flap in complex abdominal-pelvic reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Maxhimer, Justin B ^a   Hui Chou, Helen G ^a,b   Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pelvic reconstruction; Anterolateral thigh flap; pedicle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951774322     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181e78711     Document Type: Article

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