Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 32-37 , January 2006

Off-Loading Large Posterior Heel Defects After Sural Artery Soft-Tissue Flap Coverage With a Stacked Taylor Spatial Frame Foot Plate System

  • Thomas Zgonis, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Thomas Zgonis, DPM, FACFAS, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MSC-7776, San Antonio, TX 78229.
    • ,
  • Thomas S. Roukis, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Limb Preservation Service, Department of Vascular Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA.

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PII: S1048-6666(06)00004-8

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.01.003

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 32-37 , January 2006

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