A review of local and regional flaps for distal leg reconstruction

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 445-455

  Parrett, Brian M ^a   Talbot, Simon G ^a   Pribaz, Julian J ^b   Lee, Bernard T ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal leg; Local flaps; Perforator flap; Sural flap

Indexed keywords

ADIPOFASCIAL FLAP; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; DONOR SITE; DORSALIS PEDIS PEDICLED FLAP; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM BREVIS MUSCLE FLAP; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; LATERAL CALCANEAL ARTERY FLAP; LIMB SALVAGE; MEDIAL PLANTAR ARTERY FLAP; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PEDICLED PERFORATOR FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE SOLEUS FLAP; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SURAL FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DEBRIDEMENT; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 70349279089     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1223847     Document Type: Review

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