Soft tissue reconstruction for the heel and plantar foot

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 801-826

  Uroskie, Theodore ^a   Colen, Lawrence ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

AMPUTATION; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HUMANS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0035553018     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1083-7515(02)00013-X     Document Type: Review

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