Assessment of donor-site morbidity using balance and gait tests after bilateral fibula osteoseptocutaneous free flap transfer

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-251

  Lin, Jeng Yee ^a   Djohan, Risal ^b   Dobryansky, Michael ^b   Chou, Shih Wei ^a   Hou, Wen Hsuan ^c   Chen, Ming Huei ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Free fibula; Gait analysis; Osteoseptocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MORBIDITY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBULA; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBULA; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 65349145792     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31817e9d1a     Document Type: Article

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