Deep superior epigastric artery perforators: anatomical study and clinical application in sternal reconstruction

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Jun;123(6):1719-1723. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a3f3cf.

Authors

Eldon Mah¹, Warren M Rozen, Mark W Ashton, Stephen Flood

Affiliation

¹ Heidelberg and Parkville, Victoria, Australia From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Austin Hospital, and the Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne.

PMID: 19483570
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a3f3cf

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Wall / surgery
Aged
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Sternum / diagnostic imaging
Sternum / microbiology*
Sternum / surgery*
Surgical Flaps / blood supply
Surgical Wound Dehiscence / etiology
Surgical Wound Dehiscence / surgery
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed