The pedicled tensor fasciae latae flap as a salvage procedure for an infected abdominal mesh

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 187-190

  Depuydt, Koen ^a,b   Boeckx, Willy ^a   D'Hoore, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FASCIA LATA; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; GRAFT INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FASCIA LATA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031774493     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199807000-00031     Document Type: Article

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