Free Flap Coverage for Knee Salvage

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-166

  Yuen, James C ^a   Zhou, Anthony T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030203956     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199608000-00007     Document Type: Article

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