Free filet extremity flap: Indications and options for reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-104

  Tran, Nho V ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a   Kroll, Stephen S ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Reece, Gregory P ^a   Ainsle, Nancy ^a   Robb, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HINDLIMB; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033971325     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200001000-00017     Document Type: Article

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