Plastic solutions for orthopaedic problems

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Bihariesingh, V J ^a   Stolarczyk, Ewa M ^b   Karim, Refaat B ^b   van Kooten, E Oscar ^b  

^a Academisch Ziekenhuis   (Suriname)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Flaps; Osteosynthesis; Plastic surgery; Postoperative wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842486915     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0615-8     Document Type: Article

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