Reconstruction of soft tissue defects around the knee with the use of the lateral sural fasciocutaneous artery island flap

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-16

  Rajacic, N ^a   Gang, R K ^a   Darweesh, M ^a   Abdul Fetah, N ^a   Kojic, S ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KBC Bezaniska Kosa ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Knee; Lateral sural artery flap; Soft tissue defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033011534     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002380050136     Document Type: Article

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