The sural artery perforator flap for coverage of defects of the knee and tibia

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-212

  Umemoto, Yasutaka ^a   Adachi, Yasunori ^b   Ebisawa, Katsumi ^c  

^a Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Limb salvage; Open fracture; Perforator flap; Sural artery; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BURN SCAR; CASE REPORT; FASCIA; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE; LEG ARTERY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN NECROSIS; SURAL ARTERY; SURAL NERVE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KNEE; MALE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 24644458808     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410004964     Document Type: Article

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