Management strategies for complex wounds following total knee arthroplasty

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-11

  Nahabedian, M Y ^a   Orlando, J C ^a   Manson, P N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Flap; Infection; Knee; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL WOUND; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034033455     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002380050002     Document Type: Article

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