Reconstruction of trochanteric pressure sores with pedicled anterolateral thigh myocutaneous flaps

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-676

  Wang, Chih Hsin ^a   Chen, Shih Yi ^a   Fu, Ju Peng ^a   Dai, Niann Tzyy ^a   Chen, Shao Liang ^a   Chen, Tim Mo ^a   Chen, Shyi Gen ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Tensor fasciae latae flap; Trochanteric pressure sores

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCHANTERIC PRESSURE SORE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953862231     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.08.042     Document Type: Article

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