Distally based perforator medial plantar flap: A new flap for reconstruction of plantar forefoot defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-408

  Coruh, Atilla ^a,b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b Alpaslan Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; ELECTRIC BURN; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT SURGERY; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; PERFORATOR MEDIAL PLANTAR FLAP; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 4644304474     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000112287.56354.f8     Document Type: Article

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