A five year review of islanded distally based fasciocutaneous flaps on the lower limb

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 421-427

  Erdmann, M W H ^a,c   Court Brown, C M ^b   Quaba, A A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPOUND FRACTURE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030862058     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)90329-5     Document Type: Article

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