Use of gracilis muscle free flap for reconstruction of chronic osteomyelitis of foot and ankle

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-273

  Lorea P ^a   Vercruysse, N ^a   Coessens, B C ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot; Free flap; Gracilis; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANKLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034944749     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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