One-stage reconstruction of war wounds with free osteocutaneous flaps

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-87

  Dzepina I ^a,c   Stanec, Z ^a,b   Skrbic S ^a,b   Hulina, D ^a   Ivrlac R ^a   Unusic J ^a,c   Montani, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROATIA; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT;

EID: 0031029598     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)91318-7     Document Type: Article

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