Reconstruction of a large anterolateral knee defect using a delayed distally based total sartorius flap and a medial gastrocnemius flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1065-1069

  Manushakian, Hagop S ^a,b   McDiarmid, James G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INJURY; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BLAST INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031976421     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00028     Document Type: Article

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