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The thoracodorsal skin flap: a possible donor site in distant transfer of island flaps by microvascular anastomosis

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The thoracodorsal flap, situated laterally on the thoracic wall, is mostly based upon the thoracodorsal artery and vein and seems to have a number of properties which support its use as a donor site in distant transfer of island flaps.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital of St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium

    A. de Coninck, E. Vanderlinden & W. Boeckx

  2. Department of General Surgery, University Hospital St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium

    A. de Coninck, E. Vanderlinden & W. Boeckx

  3. Laboratory Experimental Surgery, K.U.L., Leuven, Belgium

    A. de Coninck, E. Vanderlinden & W. Boeckx

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de Coninck, A., Vanderlinden, E. & Boeckx, W. The thoracodorsal skin flap: a possible donor site in distant transfer of island flaps by microvascular anastomosis. Chir Plastica 3, 283–291 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266140

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