Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 7 , Pages 1091-1098 , July 2010

Anatomical study of latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap vascular distribution

  • Koichi Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
    • ,
  • Kensuke Kiyokawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +81 942 34 0834.
    • ,
  • Hideaki Rikimaru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
    • ,
  • Noriyuki Koga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
    • ,
  • Koh-ichi Yamaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Tsuyoshi Saga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Received 17 July 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00416-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.05.042

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 7 , Pages 1091-1098 , July 2010

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