Reconsidering the soleus muscle flap for coverage of wounds of the distal third of the leg

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-635

  Beck, Joel B ^b   Stile, Frank ^b   Lineaweaver, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE FLAP; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037945331     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000054185.22788.0F     Document Type: Article

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