Reverse sural artery flap for reconstruction of blast injuries of the foot and ankle

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Orr, Justin ^a   Kirk, Kevin L ^a   Antunez, Vincent ^a   Ficke, James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blast injury; Fasciocutaneous flap; Foot and ankle reconstruction; Foot and ankle trauma; Rotational flap; Sural flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOOT; FOOT AMPUTATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE SURAL ARTERY FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; SOFT TISSUE; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WAR;

EID: 73849136379     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2010.0059     Document Type: Article

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