Free fillet foot flap for salvage of below-knee amputation stump

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 380-384

  Chen, Lei ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Zhi Xin ^a   Lu, Lai Jin ^a   Jin, Hiromichi ^b   Toh, Satoshi ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; ICE;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXERCISE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FREE FILLET FOOT FLAP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 63049087362     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1008-1275(08)60077-2     Document Type: Article

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