Free tissue transfer: An advanced strategy for postinfection soft-tissue defects in the upper extremity

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Koschnick, Martin ^a   Bruener, Simone ^b   Germann, Guenter ^b  

^a AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURIES; DEBRIDEMENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0042126731     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000058495.72795.B9     Document Type: Article

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