The versatility of the distally based peroneus brevis muscle flap in reconstructive surgery of the foot and lower leg

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-404

  Bach, Alexander D ^a   Leffler, Mareike ^a   Kneser, Ulrich ^a   Kopp, Jürgen ^a   Horch, Raymund E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flap; Lower extremity reconstruction; Peroneus brevis; Soft tissue defect

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HUMAN; LOWER LEG; MALE; MELANOMA; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TENDON LESION;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147151304     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000239842.24021.e4     Document Type: Article

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