Use of the medial adipofascial flap of the leg for coverage of full-thickness burns exposing the tibial crest

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 674-678

  Heymans, O ^a   Verhelle, N ^a   Peters, S ^b   Nelissen X ^a,b   Oelbrandt, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adipofascial flap; Burn; Perforator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT; TIBIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

BURNS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 0036843540     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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