Radial forearm free flap for coverage of postoperative lateral heel wounds after open reduction and internal fixation of the calcaneus

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 276-281

  Jachna, Jody T ^a,b   Toby, E Bruce ^a,c   Norton, Greg A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c Section of Orthopedics

^d Foot and Ankle Surgery

Author keywords

Calcaneus fracture; Radial forearm flap; Wound complication

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; TIBIAL ARTERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; FRACTURE; HEEL; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCANEUS; FOREARM; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HEEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 1542473074     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfas.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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