Flow-through anterior thigh flaps with a short pedicle for reconstruction of lower leg and foot defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-162

  Koshima, Isao ^a,b,c   Fujitsu, Misako ^a,b   Ushio, Shigeko ^a,b   Sugiyama, Narushi ^a,b   Yamashita, Shuji ^a,b  

^a Okayama University ^*

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FLOW THROUGH ANTERIOR THIGH FLAP; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL BLOOD VESSEL; LEG BLOOD VESSEL; LEG DISEASE; LEG ULCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TISSUE FLAP; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; THIGH; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 13244298139     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000146870.33661.E7     Document Type: Article

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