Abdominal donor-site outcomes for medial versus lateral deep inferior epigastric artery branch perforator harvest

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2198-2205

  Garvey, Patrick B ^a   Salavati, Seroos ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Butler, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 79958753131     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182131caf     Document Type: Article

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