Twenty-one cases of skin defects of the hand were treated with venous flaps. According to type, nine flaps were arterialised flaps (A-A), five were (A-V), and seven were (V-V) type. Venous flaps can be used up to 8 x 3 cm in size or even bigger if the number of veins anastomosed is increased. The ma
Aesthetic and functional considerations in the reconstruction of large skin defects with free flaps
β Scribed by Hamdi, Moustapha; Van Landuyt, Koenraad; Blondeel, Phillip; Monstrey, Stan
- Book ID
- 121898133
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 633 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0094-1298
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