Results of 268 pressure sores in 158 patients managed jointly by plastic surgery and rehabilitation medicine

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 765-772

  Kierney, Philip C ^a   Engrav, Loren H ^b   Isik, F Frank ^b   Esselman, Peter C ^b   Cardenas, Diana D ^b   Rand, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031690168     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809010-00022     Document Type: Article

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