Strategic considerations on the configuration of free flaps and their vascular pedicles combined with Ilizarov distraction in the lower extremity

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1680-1686

  Park, Sanghoon ^a   Lee, Taik Jong ^b  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; ISCHEMIA; LEG INJURY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0343183214     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200004050-00013     Document Type: Article

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