Sole reconstruction using anterolateral thigh perforator free flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-193

  Hong, Joon Pio ^a   Kim, Eun Key ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONVALESCENCE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SOLE; FOOT SURGERY; GAIT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FOOT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 33847014217     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000244856.98170.9c     Document Type: Article

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