Modified distally based sural neuro-veno-fasciocutaneous flap: Anatomical study and clinical applications

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 543-550

  Zhang, Fa Hui ^a   Chang, Shi Min ^b   Lin, Song Qing ^a   Song, Yi Ping ^c   Zheng, He Ping ^a   Lineaweaver, William C ^d   Zhang, Feng ^d  

^a NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Engineer Command Institute of People's Liberation Army   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; LATERAL CALCANEAL ARTERY; LEG ARTERY; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; PERFORATOR ARTERY; PERONEUS ARTERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR LATERAL MALLEOLUS ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURAL NERVE; SURAL NEUROVENOFASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; CADAVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27744451506     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20162     Document Type: Article

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