The role of the plastic surgeon in the management of surgical infection

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1553-1560

  Lineaweaver, William C ^a   Hui, Kenneth ^a   Yim, Kenneth ^a   Ruyle, Melissa ^a   Shuster, Bernard ^a   Eggleston, John ^a   Grover, Sanjay ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HIDRADENITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0032968018     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199905000-00001     Document Type: Article

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