Free flap reconstructions of 100 tibial fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1031-1035

  Nieminen, Heikki ^a   Kuokkanen, Hannu ^a,b   Tukiainen, Erkki ^a   Asko Seljavaara, Sirpa ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Department of Plastic Surgery ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Fracture; Free flap; Microvascular; Reconstruction; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033067709     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199906000-00008     Document Type: Article

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