Island medial plantar artery perforator flap for reconstruction of plantar defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 558-562

  Koshima, Isao ^a   Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a   Mihara, Mokoto ^a   Nakai, Ikuo ^a   Akazawa, Satoshi ^a   Fukuda, Norio ^a   Watanabe, Yorikatsu ^a   Nakagawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aterolateral thigh flap; Flow through flap; Medial plantar artery perforator flap; Microsurgery; Plantar defect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; NEVUS; PLANTAR ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEEL; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 40349089735     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3180315528     Document Type: Article

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