Reconstruction of a skin defect of the posterior heel by a lateral calcaneal flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 642-646

  Yanai, Akira ^a   Park, Shuzo ^a   Iwao, Takuya ^a   Nakamura, Norifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DEFORMITY; FOOT; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; THERAPY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0021960197     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198505000-00003     Document Type: Article

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