Plasticity and function - The fate of a free, neurovascular muscle graft ten years post-reconstruction

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 551-554

  Fansa, H ^a   Plogmeier, K ^a   Feistner, H ^a   Schneider, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE GRAFT; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 0030723213     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006435     Document Type: Article

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