Reconstruction of a defect after harvesting a radial forearm flap using a narrow pedicled paraumbilical perforator-based subdermal vascular network (super-thin) flap

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 281-283

  Murakami, Masahiro ^a   Hyakusoku, Hiko ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distant flap; Donor site morbidity; Narrow pedicled flap; Paraumbilical perforator flap; Radial forearm flap; Subdermal vascular network flap; Super thin flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISTANT FLAP; DONOR SITE MORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NARROW PEDICLED FLAP; PARAUMBILICAL PERFORATOR FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SUBDERMAL VASCULAR NETWORK FLAP; SUPERTHIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 8544262195     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410030631     Document Type: Article

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