Pedicled flaps in the treatment of nonhealing perineal wounds

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-444

  Menon, A ^a,b   Clark, M A ^a   Shatari, T ^a   Keh, C ^a   Keighley, M R B ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gracilis transposition omentoplasty; Nonhealing perineal wounds; Pedicled flaps; Persistent sinus; Rectal excision; Rectus abdominis flap; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; OMENTOPLASTY; OMENTUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OMENTUM; PERINEUM; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 24044518172     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00838.x     Document Type: Review

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