Comparison of anterolateral thigh, lateral arm, and parascapular free flaps with regard to donor-site morbidity and aesthetic and functional outcomes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-302

  Klinkenberg, Marek ^a,b   Fischer, Sebastian ^a,b   Kremer, Thomas ^a,b   Hernekamp, Frederick ^a,b   Lehnhardt, Marcus ^a,b   Daigeler, Adrien ^a,b  

^a BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULA; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BACK; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPULA; THIGH; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873294312     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31827786bc     Document Type: Article

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