Soft Tissue Coverage for Defects around the Knee Joint

Soft tissue injuries around the knee present a challenge for providing a cover when there is loss of tissue. Various flaps comprising of skin and muscles around the joint have been described. Understanding the anatomical basis and the design of these flaps can aid in choosing the right flap for a gi...

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Autores principales: R., Ravindra Bharathi, Ramkumar, Sanjai, Venkatramani, Hari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31456621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1688536
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description Soft tissue injuries around the knee present a challenge for providing a cover when there is loss of tissue. Various flaps comprising of skin and muscles around the joint have been described. Understanding the anatomical basis and the design of these flaps can aid in choosing the right flap for a given situation. A prompt cover of the defects aids in quicker healing and quicker rehabilitation of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-66648462019-08-27 Soft Tissue Coverage for Defects around the Knee Joint R., Ravindra Bharathi Ramkumar, Sanjai Venkatramani, Hari Indian J Plast Surg Soft tissue injuries around the knee present a challenge for providing a cover when there is loss of tissue. Various flaps comprising of skin and muscles around the joint have been described. Understanding the anatomical basis and the design of these flaps can aid in choosing the right flap for a given situation. A prompt cover of the defects aids in quicker healing and quicker rehabilitation of the patient. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2019-01 2019-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6664846/ /pubmed/31456621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1688536 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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