Delaying the reverse sural flap provides predictable results for complicated wounds in diabetic foot

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-173

  Tosun, Zekeriya ^a   Özkan, Adem ^a   Karaçor, Zeynep ^a   Savaci, Nedim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Reverse sural island flap; Skin defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE SURAL ISLAND FLAP; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 22944440960     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000170530.51470.1a     Document Type: Article

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