Soft Tissue Coverage of the Elbow: A Reconstructive Algorithm

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-264

  Jensen, Mark ^a   Moran, Steven L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ELBOW INJURY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDICLED MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE COVERAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ELBOW; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 40949143086     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2007.12.009     Document Type: Review

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