The compound thoracodorsal perforator flap in the treatment of combined soft-tissue defects of sole and dorsum of the foot

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-378

  Van Landuyt, Koenraad ^a   Hamdi, M ^a   Blondeel, Ph ^a   Monstrey, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compound (chimera) perforator flap; Foot reconstruction; Thoracodorsal artery flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 14944380011     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.10.026     Document Type: Article

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