Design of a reliable skin paddle for the fibula osteocutaneous flap: Perforator anatomy revisited

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-446

  Yu, Peirong ^a   Chang, Edward I ^a   Hanasono, Matthew M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051529614     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31821e7058     Document Type: Article

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