Free flap coverage of upper and lower limb tissue defects in children: A series of 22 patients

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-349

  Duteille, Franck ^a,b   Lim, Aymeric ^a   Dautel, Gilles ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEG INJURY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037382481     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000044143.36516.32     Document Type: Article

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