Single stage reconstruction of ruptured tendoachilles tendon with skin cover using distally based superficial sural artery flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-427

  Abhyankar, Suhas V ^a   Kulkarni, Ananta ^a   Agarwal, Naveen Kumar ^a,b  

^a Padmashree Dr DY Patil Medical College   (India)

^b Dr DY Patil University   (India)

Author keywords

Distally based superficial sural artery flap; Single stage reconstruction; Tendoachilles tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTALLY BASED SUPERFICIAL SURAL ARTERY FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349913992     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819516cc     Document Type: Article

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