The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 222-223 , December 2009

Treatment of gun-shot defect of the foot with bovine collagen matrix application

  • Yusuf Kenan Coban

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Department, Sutcu Imam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +90 3442212371.
    • ,
  • Ali Murat Kalender

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Sutcu Imam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Received 19 January 2009 ,Revised 6 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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PII: S0958-2592(09)00031-5

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.03.001

The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 222-223 , December 2009

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