Use of the vastus lateralis muscle flap with a grooving procedure in the surgical treatment of chronic osteomyelitis of the femur

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 570-576

  Necmioglu, Serdar ^a   Askar, Ibrahim ^a   Lök, Veli ^b   Subasi, Mehmet ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic osteomyelitis; Femur; Growing procedure; Vastus lateralis muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; FENESTRATION; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9444299037     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000134752.01294.d0     Document Type: Article

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