Versatility of the free gracilis muscle flap for coverage of soft-tissue defects;Der freie Musculus-gracilis-Lappen zur Weichteildefektdeckung

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Wechselberger, Gottfried ^b   Schubert, Heinrich M ^a   Schoeller, Thomas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gracilis free flap; Myocutaneous gracilis flap; Soft tissue defect

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY; GRACILIS FLAP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ARTERIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 44949179500     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: 14390981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00064-008-1235-9     Document Type: Article

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