Functional outcomes of posttraumatic lower limb salvage: A pilot study of anterolateral thigh perforator flaps versus muscle flaps

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1311-1314

  Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^a,b   Bluebond Langner, Rachel ^a   Copeland, Carol ^a   Grim, T Nicole ^a   Singh, Navin K ^b   Scalea, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Lower extremity reconstruction; Lower limb salvage; Muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERFORATOR FLAP; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULARIZATION; AMPUTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROBABILITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; LIMB SALVAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67649649765     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318187cc87     Document Type: Article

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