Examination of the skin perforators of the posterior tibial artery on the leg and the ankle region and their clinical use

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1619-1630

  Ozdemir, Ragip ^a   Kocer, Ugur ^a   Sahin, Belma ^a   Oruc, Melike ^a   Kilinc, Hidir ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG INJURY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TIBIAL ARTERY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANKLE; HISTOLOGY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL ARTERIES;

EID: 33646841160     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000206957.02510.40     Document Type: Article

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