Restoring abdominal wall integrity in contaminated tissue-deficient wounds using autologous fascia grafts

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 979-986

  Disa, Joseph J ^b   Goldberg, Nelson H ^a   Carlton, James M ^b   Robertson, Bradley C ^b   Slezak, Sheri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031966245     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00014     Document Type: Article

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