Chimeric gastrocnemius muscle and sural artery perforator local flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-309

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimeric local flap; Gastrocnemius muscle; Muscle perforator flap; Sural artery perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHIMERIC FLAP; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE INFECTION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SURAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 53149126534     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31815b2792     Document Type: Article

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