Foot and ankle reconstruction: Pedicled muscle flaps versus free flaps and the role of diabetes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Attinger, Christopher E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 79959920279     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182173d3a     Document Type: Article

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