Muscle flaps in the treatment of osteomyelitis of the lower extremity

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1019-1023

  Gonzalez, Mark H ^a   Weinzweig, Norman ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAPHYSECTOMY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAUCERIZATION; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ULCER; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 20144383526     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000162733.72969.D5     Document Type: Review

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