Split free flap and monofixator distraction osteogenesis for leg reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 178-182

  Delaere, Olivier P ^a   Barbier, Olivier J ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LEG; MUSCLE FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0033985872     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200001000-00031     Document Type: Article

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