Bone exposure in the leg: Is a free muscle flap mandatory?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-177

  Verhelle, Nicolas ^b   Vranckx, Jan ^b   Van Den Hof, Bert ^b   Heymans, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWER LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 21744438096     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000169698.89331.0B     Document Type: Article

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