Free composite serratus anterior and rib flaps for tibial composite bone and soft-tissue defect

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1656-1665

  Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^b   Levin, L Scott ^b   Su, Jun I ^b   Fan, Kuo Feng ^b   Yeh, Wen Lin ^b   Hsu, Der Tsung ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBULA; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEG FRACTURE; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; STRESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0030992811     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199705010-00028     Document Type: Article

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