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An experimental model for soft-tissue coverage of the traumatized distal lower extremity: the distally-based gracilis
S W Mian1, M C Romita, R E Tuchler
1Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
A model for regional muscle-flap coverage of experimental soft tissue defects of complex injuries of the rabbit lower leg is presented. This technique has provided reliable and generous coverage without the difficulty or risk of a free flap procedure, nor the limitations of other local flaps.

