Free flap pedicle loss: Clinical study on 8 cases;Perte du pédicule nourricier d'un lambeau libre: Étude clinique sur 8 cas

Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Heymans, O ^a   Lemaire, V ^a   Preud'Homme, L ^a   Nelissen X ^a   Verhelle, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Free flaps; Microsurgery; Nutrient pedicle

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0042861373     PISSN: 02941260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0294-1260(03)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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