Gastrocnemius muscle transfer in limb-sparing surgery for bone tumors around the knee

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-6

  Cunha Gomes, D ^a   Manglani, H H ^a   Bhathena, H ^a   Badhwar, R ^a   Kavarana, N M ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius muscle flap; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MUSCLE FLAP; SKIN FLAP; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMORAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 0032957724     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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