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Long-term follow up of weight-bearing flaps

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The 10-year follow-up of transposition flaps from the buttocks to the sole of the feet after burn performed in a 2 1/2 year old boy show an agreeable result. The problems arising with the resurfing of weight-bearing areas are discussed.

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  1. Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Anichstraße 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    P. Wilflingseder

  2. Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    R. M. Guignard-Loosli

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Wilflingseder, P., Guignard-Loosli, R.M. Long-term follow up of weight-bearing flaps. Chir Plastica 7, 217–220 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571711

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