An easy and safe method to apply leeches on flaps: The leech cage [22]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 466-467

  Tan, Onder ^a   Atik, Bekir ^a   Koseoglu, Burhan ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; LEECH; LETTER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; TISSUE NECROSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; LEECHING; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEECHING; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 1242264410     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000100623.13740.56     Document Type: Letter

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