Free-flap salvage of soft tissue complications following the lateral approach to the calcaneus

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-181

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a,b   Arangio, George A ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Gracilis muscle; Lateral approach calcaneus; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CALCANEUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33846463790     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000232796.45077.c3     Document Type: Article

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