Pharmacological enhancement of cutaneous flap survival with topical dimethyl sulphoxide and hydrogen peroxide

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 551-554

  Raposio, Edoardo ^a   Santi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN FLAP; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

EID: 0032191825     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.0063     Document Type: Article

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