Revisiting the serratus anterior rib flap for composite tibial defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1871-1877

  Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b,c   Yazar, Sukru ^a,b  

^a Chang Gung University ^*

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRACE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RIB; SERRATUS ANTERIOR RIB FLAP; STRESS FRACTURE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX PAIN; TIBIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; WALKING AID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RIBS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944344930     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000142767.13493.63     Document Type: Article

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