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Case report| Volume 22, ISSUE 4, P332-334, July 1991

The radial recurrent fasciocutaneous flap for coverage of posterior elbow defects

  • F.C. Akpuaka
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(91)90022-7
The radial recurrent fasciocutaneous flap for coverage of posterior elbow defects
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      Abstract

      In the last 18 months, we have used the radial recurrent fasciocutaneous flap for the coverage of posterior elbow defects in three patients.
      The advantages of this one-stage technique are discussed.
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      Publication history

      Accepted: November 17, 1990

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(91)90022-7

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      © 1991 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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