Reconstruction of complex chest wall defects

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Cohen, Mimis ^a   Ramasastry, Sai S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL DEFECT; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0030198495     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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