Reconstruction of deep cubital fossa defects with exposure of brachial artery due to high tension electrical burns and treatment algorithm

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 629-636

  Kesiktas, Erol ^a   Dalay, Cemil ^a   Ozerdem, Gokhan ^a   Acarturk, Sabri ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Electrical burns; Reconstruction; Treatment algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMPUTATION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTERY WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELBOW INJURY; ELECTRIC BURN; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE NECROSIS; VEIN GRAFT; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 21344452822     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.02.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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