Vastus lateralis muscle flap for infected hip defects: A report of four cases

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-103

  Bulic, Kresimir ^a   Dzepina, Ivo ^a   Mijatovic, Davor ^a   Unusic, Josip ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hip prosthesis; Muscle flap; Prosthesis related infection; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXITIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 33846952521     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-006-0120-1     Document Type: Article

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