Subacute reconstruction of lower leg and foot defects due to high velocity-high energy injuries caused by gunshots, missiles, and land mines

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Çeliköz, Bahattin ^a,b   Şengezer, Mustafa ^a   Işik, Selçuk ^a   Türegün, Murat ^a   Deveci, Mustafa ^a   Duman, Haluk ^a   Acikel, Cengiz ^a   Nişanci, Mustafa ^a   Öztürk, Serdar ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT INJURY; GAIT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEG INJURY; MALE; MINING; MISSILE WOUND; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULCER; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND CARE;

EID: 13444269363     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20049     Document Type: Review

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