TY - JOUR
T1 - The external oblique turnover muscle flap
AU - Dumanian, Gregory A.
AU - Heckler, Frederick R.
AU - Bernard, Steven L.
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - Four external oblique flaps were successfully raised as muscle turnover flaps for three patients to cover irradiated, soft-tissue, lower-back defects and one piece of prosthetic mesh. Muscle dissection was similar to the handling of the external oblique muscle in component-separation hernia repair. The external oblique muscle can cover one-half of the lower back, from the level of approximately T10 to L4.
AB - Four external oblique flaps were successfully raised as muscle turnover flaps for three patients to cover irradiated, soft-tissue, lower-back defects and one piece of prosthetic mesh. Muscle dissection was similar to the handling of the external oblique muscle in component-separation hernia repair. The external oblique muscle can cover one-half of the lower back, from the level of approximately T10 to L4.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.PRS.0000061012.42444.23
DO - 10.1097/01.PRS.0000061012.42444.23
M3 - Article
C2 - 12794479
AN - SCOPUS:0037981590
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 111
SP - 2344
EP - 2348
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 7
ER -