Sural flap delay procedure: A preliminary report

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 562-565

  Erdmann, Detlev ^a   Gottlieb, Neil ^b   Humphrey, J Stewart ^b   Le, Trung C ^b   Bruno, William ^b   Levin, L Scott ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Delay procedure; Lower extremity reconstruction; Sural flap

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE; SURAL FLAP; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEEL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644379547     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000154873.08087.d5     Document Type: Article

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