Microvascular free flap reconstruction in pediatric lower extremity trauma: A 10-Year review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1618-1624

  Rinker, Brian ^a,b   Valerio, Ian L ^a,b   Stewart, Daniel H ^a,b   Pu, Lee L Q ^a,b   Vasconez, Henry C ^a,b  

^a Kentucky Clinic ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GROWTH DISORDER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEG INJURY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 18044393208     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000160698.68234.6C     Document Type: Review

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