Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 8 , Pages 888-891 , August 2007

The keystone design perforator island flap. Part II: clinical applications

  • Philippe Pelissier

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Pellegrin-Tondu, 33076 Bordeaux, France
    • Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Université Bordeaux2 – UFR 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Service de Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Pellegrin-Tondu, Place Amelie Raba-Leon, 33076 Bordeaux, France. Tel.: +33 5 56 79 55 48; fax: +33 5 56 79 56 87.
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  • Hélène Gardet

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Pellegrin-Tondu, 33076 Bordeaux, France
    • ,
  • Vincent Pinsolle

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Pellegrin-Tondu, 33076 Bordeaux, France
    • ,
  • Max Santoul

      Affiliations

    • Collège Français de Chirurgie Dermatologique, 16, Avenue d'Iena 75016 Paris, France
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  • Felix C. Behan

      Affiliations

    • Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Unit, Western Hospital, Footscray Victoria, Australia
    • Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Received 30 October 2006 ,Accepted 20 March 2007.

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PII: S1748-6815(07)00210-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.023

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 8 , Pages 888-891 , August 2007

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