Complications of muscle-flap transposition for traumatic defects of the leg

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 512-515

  Neale, Henry W ^a   Stern, Peter J ^a   Kreilein, Joel G ^a   Gregory, Richard O ^a   Webster, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; DEBRIDEMENT; ETIOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG; LEG DEFORMITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; THERAPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLES; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0020519021     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198310000-00017     Document Type: Article

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