The 180-degree perforator-based propeller flap for soft tissue coverage of the distal, lower extremity: A new method to achieve reliable coverage of the distal lower extremity with a local, fasciocutaneous perforator flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 667-671

  Jakubietz, Rafael G ^a   Jakubietz, Michael G ^a   Gruenert, Joerg G ^a   Kloss, Danni F ^a  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fasciocutaneous flap; Lower extremity soft tissue coverage; Perforator flap; Propeller flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEG; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; MALLEOLAR DEFECT; MOBILIZATION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PERONEAL VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIAL VESSEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 36749054082     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31803c9b66     Document Type: Article

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