Reconstruction of the weight-bearing surface of the foot with nonneurosensory free flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2230-2236

  Sönmez, Ahmet ^b   Bayramiçli, Mehmet ^a   Sönmez, Burcu ^b   Numanoǧlu, Ayhan ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCEROGENESIS; VIBRATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOUCH; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038658005     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000062564.35426.07     Document Type: Article

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