The use of free anterolateral thigh flap for reconstructing soft tissue defects of the lower extremities

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-461

  Özkan, Ömer ^a   Coşkunfirat, O Koray ^a   Özgentaş, H Ege ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Lower extremity; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 7044286334     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000137135.15728.94     Document Type: Article

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