Chronic osteomyelitis of the spine managed with a free flap of latissimus dorsi: A case report

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2016-2018

  Chen, Hung Chi ^a,c   Chen, Hern Hsin ^a   Chen, Wen Jer ^a   Tang, Yueh Bih ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c National Taiwan University Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

chronic inflammation; fibrosis; latissimus dorsi flap; microsurgery; spinal osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETREATMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029741065     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199609010-00018     Document Type: Article

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