The simple and effective choice for treatment of chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis: Neurocutaneous flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 753-760

  Yildirim, Serkan ^a   Gideroǧlu, Kaan ^a   Aköz, Tayfun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BONE INFECTION; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CALCANEUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037312312     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000041446.73584.28     Document Type: Article

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