Free myocutaneous latissimus dorsi flap transfer in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1692-1700

  Hierner, R ^a   Reynders Frederix, P ^a   Bellemans, J ^a   Stuyck, J ^a   Peeters, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Free flap; Knee; Operative technique; Results; Total knee prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REOPERATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349083087     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.038     Document Type: Article

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