Microvascular free-flap salvage of the diabetic foot: A 5-year experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 834-840

  Karp, Nolan S ^a   Kasabian, Armen K ^a   Siebert, John W ^a   Eidelman, Yosef ^a   Colen, Stephen ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0028034112     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199411000-00013     Document Type: Article

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