Sensate lateral arm flap for defects of the lower leg

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^a,b,c,d   Wettstein, Reto ^a   Vonkanel, Oliver ^a   Erba, Paolo ^a   Pierer, Gerhard ^a   Wiberg, Mikael ^b   Haug, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

End to side nerve coaptation; Epineural window; Lower extremity; Osteomyelitis; Sensate free flap; Sensibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LATERAL ARM FLAP; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANKLE; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INNERVATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANKLE; ARM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149085924     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318153f27e     Document Type: Article

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