Management of soft-tissue complications of the lateral approach for calcaneal fractures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 459-466

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a,b   Landin, Luis ^a  

^a Division of Reconstructive Surgery   (Spain)

^b Temple 5 2 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; SURAL NERVE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34447547912     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000267418.66689.61     Document Type: Article

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