A case of popliteal pterygium treated along with nerve expansion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-95

  Maral, Tuǧrul ^b   Tuncali, Doǧan ^a,b   Özgür, Figen ^b   Şafak, Tunç ^b   Gürsu, K Güler ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; Z PLASTY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SYNDROME; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0030920001     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199707000-00016     Document Type: Article

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