Efficacy of microsurgical free-tissue transfer in chronic osteomyelitis of the leg and foot: Review of 22 cases

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-244

  Musharafieh, Ramzi ^b   Osmani, Omar ^b   Musharafieh, Umaya ^b   Saghieh, Said ^b   Atiyeh, Bishara ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032997197     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000097     Document Type: Article

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