Zone of injury: A valid concept in microvascular reconstruction of the traumatized lower limb?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-272

  Isenberg, Jeffrey Scott ^a,c   Sherman, Randolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0029869723     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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