Versatility of the free vastus lateralis muscle flap

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1100-1105

  Spyriounis, Petros K ^a,c   Lutz, Barbara S ^b  

^a Veteran's Hospital   (Greece)

^b Highgate Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Free vastus lateralis muscle flap; Low donor site morbidity; Versatility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISSECTION; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; LEG; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; NECK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 42049099464     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181647c61     Document Type: Article

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