Free-muscle-flap coverage of exposed knee joints following fulminant meningococcemia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 880-884

  Yuen, James C ^a,b  

^a Department of Sunrery Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surtrery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Arkansas Children's Hospital ^*

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIMB SALVAGE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MUSCLE FLAP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0030933454     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199703000-00044     Document Type: Article

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