The Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap for Full-Thickness Tibial Burns

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 386-391

  Sood, Rajiv ^a,b   Ranieri, Jaime ^a   Murthy, Vimal ^a   Weber, Karen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0344393440     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000095511.20154.94     Document Type: Article

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