Gastrocnemius muscle flap including Achilles tendon after extensive patellectomy for soft tissue sarcoma

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-163

  Osanai, Toshihisa ^a   Tsuchiya, Takashi ^a   Ogino, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Extensor mechanism; Gastrocnemius muscle flap; Knee; Patellectomy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 45749126172     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310601012015     Document Type: Article

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