An algorithm for early aggressive treatment of frostbite with limb salvage directed by triple-phase scanning

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1069-1074

  Greenwald, Daniel ^a   Cooper, Benjamin ^a   Gottlieb, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0031719564     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809020-00023     Document Type: Article

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