Published in Hospital Business Week, July 13th, 2008
"The authors have performed 21 cases (22 flaps) since 2000. Twenty-one flaps survived uneventfully. The recipient range included the dorsum of the foot, heel and forefoot. The texture, thickness and colour were satisfactory although pressure ulcers occurred on flaps over the weight-bearing region, such assole," wrote G. Xu and colleagues, Jilin University.
The researchers concluded: "The factors that influence the survival of...
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