The dixie cup technique for salvaging limb length and preserving nerve continuity in the mangled lower extremity

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Bodor, Richard ^a   Herrera, Fernando A ^a,b   Dickinson, John ^a   Buncke, Gregory M ^a   Buncke, Harry J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Buncke Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Filet flap; Limb salvage; Mangled lower extremity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIXIE CUP TECHNIQUE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOOT; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB SALVAGE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE NECROSIS; VASCULARIZATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; INNERVATION; LEG; LEG INJURY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 48149086595     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31814fba31     Document Type: Article

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