Clinical and vascular anatomical study of distally based sural flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Aoki, Shimpo ^a,b   Tanuma, Kumiko ^b   Iwakiri, Itaru ^a   Mizuno, Hiroshi ^a   Ogawa, Rei ^a   Ozawa, Hitoshi ^b   Hyakusoku, Hiko ^a  

^a Departments of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distally based sural flap; Lesser saphenous vein; Lower leg reconstruction; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CADAVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROSIS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SLICE; VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; INNERVATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149093171     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318153f3da     Document Type: Article

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