Selection of the recipient veins for additional anastomosis of the superficial inferior epigastric vein in breast reconstruction with free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous or deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 505-509

  Eom, Jin Sup ^a   Sun, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Taik Jong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 80054801920     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31820bcd5f     Document Type: Article

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