Reconstruction of soft-tissue defect of the posterior heel with a lateral calcaneal artery island flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 415-419

  Gang, R K ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TECHNIQUE; THERAPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CALCANEUS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NECROSIS; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0023117450     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198703000-00017     Document Type: Article

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