Distally based sural island flap for the reconstruction of a large soft tissue defect in an open tibial fracture with occluded anterior and posterior tibial arteries - A case report

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-115

  Hsieh, C H ^a   Liang, C C ^a   Kueh, N S ^a   Tsai, H H ^a   Jeng, S F ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Soft tissue; Sural island flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FIBULA; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; LEG ARTERY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURAL NERVE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844254458     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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