Supercharged reverse-flow sural flap: A new modification increasing the reliability of the flap

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-43

  Tan, Onder ^a   Atik, Bekir ^b   Bekerecioglu, Mehmet ^c  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALING; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; MALE; MELANOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURAL ARTERY; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 13444270775     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20072     Document Type: Article

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