Limb salvage of lower-extremity wounds using free gracilis muscle reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1507-1513

  Redett, Richard J ^a   Robertson, Bradley C ^a,b   Chang, Bernard ^a   Girotto, John ^a   Vaughan, Thomas ^a  

^a University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center ^*

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033670041     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200012000-00010     Document Type: Article

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