Flap salvage in a 'flow-through' flap by manual thrombectomy plus thrombolytic therapy

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-129

  Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a,b   Schoeller, Thomas ^a   Öhler, Kurt ^a   Anderl, Hans ^a   Ninković, Milomir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Wiederherstellungschirurgie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031965498     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000155     Document Type: Article

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