Applications of the pedicled vastus lateralis flap for patients with complicated pressure sores

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 437-442

  Schmidt, A B ^a   Fromberg, G ^a   Ruidisch, M H ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle flaps; Sacral pressure sores; Trochanteric; Vascular disorders in paraplegic patients; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DONOR SITE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030852203     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100483     Document Type: Article

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