Should we hesitate to use subcutaneous tunneling for fear of damaging the sural flap pedicle?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Uygur, Fatih ^a   Evinç, Rahmi ^a   Noyan, Nurettin ^a   Duman, Haluk ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Necrosis; Reverse sural fasciocutaneous flap; Tunelization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651214086     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318184aba2     Document Type: Article

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