Economy of donor site incisions: Multiple free flaps of the subscapular family for extensive extremity wounds and bilateral foot defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-35

  Chen, Hung Chi ^a   El Gammal, Tarrek A ^a   Chen, Hern Hsin ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Tang, Yueh Bih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOT INJURIES; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031816877     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199807000-00006     Document Type: Article

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