Lower extremity free flaps: A review

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-239

  Wells, Mark D ^a,c   Bowen, C Vaughan ^b   Manktelow, Ralph T ^b   Graham, John ^b   Boyd, J Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029948930     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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