Combined Iliazarov and free flap for severe recurrent flexion-contracture release

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-534

  Bar Meir, Eran ^a,b   Yaffe, Batia ^a   Winkler, Eyal ^a   Sher, Nir ^a   Berenstein, Michael ^a   Schindler, Amos ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIAZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIMB; MALE; MUSCLE; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33749450499     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000226033.45478.2D     Document Type: Article

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