Reconstruction of chronic achilles tendon defects with posterior tibial perforator flap and soleus tendon graft: Clinical series

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 266-271

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a,b   Landin, Luis ^a  

^a Centro de Rehabilitacion de Levante   (Spain)

^b Temple 5 2 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; ACHILLES TENDON; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEEL; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS;

EID: 33644871980     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000194905.25604.f8     Document Type: Article

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