The use of subatmospheric pressure dressing for the coverage of radial forearm free flap donor-site exposed tendon complications

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-554

  Greer, Steven E ^a,b   Longaker, Michael T ^a   Margiotta, Michael ^a   Mathews, A J ^a   Kasabian, Armen ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; FLEXOR TENDON; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE; VACUUM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDONS; WOUND HEALING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032753194     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199911000-00016     Document Type: Article

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