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In situ Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap: A Rat Model of Myocutaneous Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
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Use of the rectus abdominis muscle flap to reconstruct an elbow defect
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|June 1, 1986
Abstract:
A superiorly based rectus abdominis muscle flap was successfully used to reconstruct an infected elbow wound with exposed bone and metal screws. We could find no previous report describing the use of this muscle to cover elbow defects.

