Treatment and stabilization of complex wounds involving the pelvic bone, groin, and femur with the inferiorly based rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap and the use of power color Doppler imaging in preoperative evaluation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 494-498

  Chen, Joan J ^a   Giese, Sharon ^b   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^b   Lineaweaver, William ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PELVIS INJURY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PELVIC BONES; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032727411     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199911000-00005     Document Type: Article

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