The propeller flap version of the adductor muscle perforator flap for coverage of ischial or trochanteric pressure sores

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 540-542

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor perforator propeller flap; Ischial and trochanteric pressure sores; Muscle perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR PERFORATOR PROPELLER FLAP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE PERFORATOR FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMUR; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33745665317     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000210512.81988.2b     Document Type: Article

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