Soft-tissue reconstruction after meningococcal septicemia using a posterior tibial artery perforator flap in a 6-year-old boy

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 466-469

  Guerra, Aldo Benjamin ^a,b  

^a Aesthetic Surgical Associates   (United States)

^b McCollough Institute for Appearance and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Meningococcal septicemia; Perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; TIBIAL ARTERY; WOUND;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL ARTERIES;

EID: 21544435462     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1427-4     Document Type: Article

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