Versatility of the anterolateral thigh flap with vascularized fascia lata for reconstruction of complex soft-tissue defects: Clinical experience and functional assessment of the donor site

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-180

  Kuo, Yur Ren ^a   Yeh, Ming Chung ^a   Shih, Hsiang Shun ^a   Chen, Chien Chang ^a   Lin, Pao Yuan ^a   Chiang, Yuan Chang ^a   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DONOR SITE; DYNAMOMETER; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIP MALFORMATION; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249094838     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a80594     Document Type: Article

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