The bipedicled flap on the lower leg, a valuable old method? Its indications and limitations in 12 cases

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Schwabegger, Anton ^a   Ninković, Milomir ^a   Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a   Anderl, Hans ^a  

^a Univ Clin Plast Reconstr Surg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternative method; Bipedicled flap; Defect cover; Lower leg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0029792089     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319609062813     Document Type: Article

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