Reconstructive surgery in children after meningococcal purpura fulminans

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 595-601

  Huang, David B ^a   Price, Mark ^a   Pokorny, Jeff ^a   Gabriel, Keith R ^a   Lynch, Robert ^a   Paletta, Christian E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

External oblique myocutaneous pedicle flap; Latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flap; Meningococcemia; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE DISEASE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0032915694     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90082-9     Document Type: Article

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