Donor-site morbidity of the pedicled rectus femoris muscle flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 786-792

  Daigeler, Adrien ^a   Dodic, Tomislav ^b   Awiszus, Friedemann ^b   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b   Fansa, Hisham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PATELLA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUS FEMORIS FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 14644444142     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000152422.64505.2A     Document Type: Article

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