Lateral supramalleolar flap in reconstruction of pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injury

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-171

  Sham, Eric ^a,b   Choi, Wai Ting ^a   Flood, Stephen J ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot ulcer; Pressure ulcer; Spinal cord injury; Surgical flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; MALE; MALLEOLUS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERONEUS ARTERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38849094566     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04395.x     Document Type: Article

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