Critical assessment of the anterolateral thigh flap donor site

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1621-1626

  Townley, W A ^a   Royston, E C ^a   Karmiris, N ^a   Crick, A ^a   Dunn, R L R ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALT; Donor site morbidity; Quadriceps contraction; Sensibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFORMITY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK; NEOPLASM; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SENSIBILITY; SKIN TINGLING; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THIGH; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VENOUS CONGESTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155150104     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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