Extremity salvage with a free musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flap and free tendon transfer after resection of a large congenital fibro sarcoma in a 15-week-old infant. A case report

Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 429-431

  Germann, Guenter ^a   Waag, K L ^b   Selle, B ^c   Jester, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c St Annastifts Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FIBROSARCOMA; FOOT SURGERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFANT; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT; LIMB SALVAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 33749264602     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20266     Document Type: Article

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