Circumferential skin defect - Ilizarov technique in plastic surgery

A young man had an open fracture of the tibia with bone and soft tissue loss in the distal part of the left leg following a crush injury. The circumferential skin defect was successfully treated with controlled lengthening of the distal skin by the Ilizarov technique using nylon wires and skin stapl...

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Main Authors: Vrisha Madhuri, R Shankar Kurpad, Manasseh Nithyananth, S Thilak Jepegnanam, V. T.K. Titus, Prema Dhanraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2004-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699033
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