Use of suture anchors in the reconstruction of soft tissue defects with pedicled muscle flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-392

  Ravin, Adam G ^a   Gonyon, Denis L ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decubitus ulcer; Pedicled muscle flap; Soft tissue defect; Suture anchor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844482549     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000181341.62818.32     Document Type: Article

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