Perforator based flap coverage from the anterior and lateral compartment of the leg for medium sized traumatic pretibial soft tissue defects-a simple solution for a complex problem

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 515-520

  Kamath, B Jagannath ^a   Joshua, Thangam Verghese ^a   Pramod, S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hand held Doppler; Perforator based flaps; Pretibial defect; Septocutaneous perforators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOUND FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; LEG INJURY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEPTOCUTANEOUS PERFORATOR FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE FLAP; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33645941793     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.09.032     Document Type: Article

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