Devastating massive knee defect reconstruction using the cornucopian chimera flap from the subscapular axis: Two case reports

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Sano, Kazufumi ^a   Hallock, Geoffrey G ^b   Ozeki, Satoru ^c   Suzuki, Hirohiko ^d   Mawatari, Reiko ^d   Yoshino, Keishiro ^d   Hamazaki, Masahiro ^d  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Kenwakai Otemachi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee defect; Multiple island flap; Subscapular axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; ISLAND FLAP; KNEE DISEASE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 30844463720     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931903     Document Type: Article

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