The transverse musculocutaneous gracilis flap for chest wall reconstruction in male patients with Poland's syndrome

Microsurgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-286

  Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a   Hladik, Michaela ^a   Reichl, Heike ^a   Ensat, Florian ^a   Edelbauer, Monika ^b   Haug, Daniel ^c   Schoeller, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Innsbruck   (Austria)

^c MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GRACILIS FLAP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; NIPPLE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLAND SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSVERSE MUSCULOCUTANEOUS GRACILIS FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND SYNDROME; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THIGH; THORACIC WALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877575216     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.22078     Document Type: Article

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