Vascular anatomy of the integument of the lateral lower leg: An anatomical study focused on cutaneous perforators and their clinical importance

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-198

  Lykoudis, Efstathios G ^a   Koutsouris, Mihail ^a   Lykissas, Marios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 79959923794     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182174303     Document Type: Article

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