Dexamethasone treatment prior to reperfusion improves the survival of skin flaps subjected to secondary venous ischaemia

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 624-628

  Willemart, Gaëtan ^a   Knight, Kenneth R ^a   Morrison, Wayne A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROPEROXIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SKIN FLAP; TISSUE WATER;

EID: 0032403279     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.0080     Document Type: Article

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