Burns
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 105-107 , February 2005

Dorsal intercostal perforator (DICP) augmented scapular “super-thin flaps” for the reconstruction of extensive scar contractures in the axilla and anterior chest: a case report

  • Koichiro Oki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aizu Central Hospital, 1-1 Tsuruga-mati, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima #965-8611, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 242 25 1515x2867; fax: +81 242 23 1214.
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  • Hiko Hyakusoku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Masahiro Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kotoho Oki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aizu Central Hospital, 1-1 Tsuruga-mati, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima #965-8611, Japan

,Accepted 11 June 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00182-2

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.06.011

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 105-107 , February 2005

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