Propeller flaps for leg reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 777-783

  Pignatti, Marco ^a   Pasqualini, Monica ^a   Governa, Maurizio ^a   Bruti, Massimiliano ^a   Rigotti, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leg reconstruction; Lower limb; Perforator flap; Propeller

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG; LEG INJURY; LEG PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049103025     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.077     Document Type: Article

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