The "extended pedicle" gastrocnemius free muscle flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 204-209

  Merten, S L ^b   Rome, Philip D ^b   Stern, H S ^b   Pennington, D G ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BURN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDICLED MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038110826     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000066366.53269.21     Document Type: Article

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