Preliminary experience with perforator flaps in reconstruction of soft-tissue defects of the foot and ankle

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Duffy Jr , Frederick J ^a   Brodsky, James W ^a,b   Royer, Christian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot; Perforator Flaps; Soft Tissue Loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SITE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 14744287442     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600302     Document Type: Article

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