Medial gastrocnemius flap coverage for treatment of skin necrosis after total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 446, Issue , 2006, Pages 186-192

  Ries, Michael D ^a,b   Bozic, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND HEALING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744717794     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000218723.21720.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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