Importance of superficial circumflex iliac artery preservation to prevent abdominal wall necrosis in patients who underwent mini-abdominoplasty: an surgical-anatomic descriptive and prospective study

INTRODUCTION: Abdominoplasty is the third most performed procedure in plastic surgery. To avoid surgical complications, a study of the superficial circumflex iliac artery of the abdomen (SCIA) was carried out to investigate the importance of this artery preservation in abdominoplasties as one of the...

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Main Authors: Carlos Lacerda de Andrade Almeida, Luiz Felipe Duarte Fernandes Vieira, Luiz Alberto de Souza Leite, Jonathan Augusto Vidal de Oliveira, Rafael Figueiredo Ataide, Emanuel José Baptista Oliveira, Carlos Teixeira Brandt
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica 2016-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica
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Online Access:http://www.rbcp.org.br/export-pdf/1732/en_v31n2a07.pdf