The gracilis free flap revisited: A review of 25 cases of transfer to traumatic extremity wounds

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-144

  Zukowski, Mark ^a,b   Lord, Jeffrey ^a   Ash, Keith ^a   Shouse, Bryan ^a   Getz, Stanley ^a   Robb, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Zukowski Ctr Cosmetic Plast Surg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYMPATHECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031890720     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199802000-00006     Document Type: Article

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