Radiated groin wounds: Pitfalls in reconstruction

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 994-997

  Payne, Wyatt G ^a   Walusimbi, Mbaga S ^b   Blue, Martin L ^b   Mosiello, Gerald ^b   Wright, Terry E ^b   Robson, Martin C ^b  

^a Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0642338623     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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