Use of free-tissue transfer in the treatment of median sternotomy wound infections: Retrospective review

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Brown, Richard E ^a,b   McCall, Tracy E ^a   Neumeister, Michael W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Springfield Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032960265     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000088     Document Type: Review

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