The distally based sural musculoneurocutaneous flap for treatment of distal tibial osteomyelitis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2127-2136

  Fodor, Lucian ^a   Horesh, Zvi ^a   Lerner, Alexander ^a   Ramon, Ytzhack ^a   Peled, Isaac J ^a   Ullmann, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MUSCULONEUROCUTANEOUS FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SMOKING; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL WOUND; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 34249782295     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260596.43001.05     Document Type: Article

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