Dorsalis pedis flap donor site: Acceptable or not?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1549-1554

  Samson, Michel C ^a   Morris, Steven F ^a,b   Tweed, Anne E J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; DONOR SITE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031780460     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199810000-00031     Document Type: Article

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