Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 11 , Pages 1204-1207 , November 2007

Distally based tenosynovial sheath flap of peroneal tendons for exposed tendo Achilles: Preliminary report of five cases

Received 12 April 2006 ,Accepted 29 November 2006.

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☆ This paper was presented and received the ‘APSI Best Paper Award’ during the 39th National Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India held at Jaipur, in November 2004.

PII: S1748-6815(06)00629-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.11.027

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 11 , Pages 1204-1207 , November 2007

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