New design and identification of the medial sural perforator flap: An anatomical study and its clinical applications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1609-1618

  Kim, Hyo Heon ^a,b   Jeong, Jae Ho ^a   Seul, Jung Hyun ^a   Cho, Byung Chae ^a  

^a Young Nam University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MEDIAL SURAL PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BURN; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC FOOT; LEG; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CADAVER; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33646831112     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000207077.19601.86     Document Type: Article

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