Use of adjuvant techniques improves surgical outcomes of complex vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap reconstructions of pelvic cancer defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 447-458

  Campbell, Chris A ^a   Butler, Charles E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051489907     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31821e6fd2     Document Type: Article

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