Use of the reverse latissimus muscle flap for closure of complex back wounds in patients with spinal cord injury

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1893-1898

  Meiners, Thomas ^a   Flieger, Robert ^b   Jungclaus, Mathias ^b  

^a Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complex back wounds; Reverse latissimus muscle flap; Spinal cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SPONDYLODESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0041472586     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083173.86878.1B     Document Type: Article

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