Single-stage Achilles tendon reconstruction using a composite sensate free flap of dorsalis pedis and tendon strips of the extensor digitorum longus in a complex wound

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-657

  Kim, Sug Won ^a   Hong, Joon Pio ^b   Lee, Won Jai ^b   Chung, Yoon Kyu ^b   Tark, Kwan Chul ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DORSAL PEDAL FLAP; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS TENDON; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON TRANSFER; WOUND;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038282585     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000041479.79049.71     Document Type: Article

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