Medial gastrocnemius muscle flap versus distally based anterolateral thigh flap: Conservative or modern approach to the exposed knee joint? [11]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 932-934

  Gravvanis, Andreas I ^a,b   Iconomou, Thomais G ^a   Panayotou, Petros N ^a   Tsoutsos, Dimosthenis A ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURN; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BURNS; CONTRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THIGH;

EID: 24644468991     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000180888.41899.a8     Document Type: Letter

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