title: Muscle flap coverage for the lower extremity.
abstract: The use of local transposition muscle flaps for coverage of the lower extremity has been overshadowed in recent years by the development of microsurgical techniques for tissue transfer. There are still definite indications for local muscle flaps in reconstruction of the lower extremity. An outline of criteria of selectivity as it applies to specific wounds and practical pitfalls of their use is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guzman-Stein
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Fix
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Vasconez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*