Free-tissue transfer for lower-extremity reconstruction in the immunosuppressed diabetic transplant recipient

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Armstrong, Milton B ^a   Villalobos, Rafael E ^a   Leppink, Douglas M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOT ULCER; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0031056901     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1063933     Document Type: Article

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