Salvage of the massively traumatized lower extremity with sequential free flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1746-1750

  Tham, Colin ^a,b   Tan, Bien Keem ^a   Hong, Soo Wan ^a   Chew, Winston Y C ^a   Low, Chee Kwang ^a   Tan, Kok Chai ^a  

^a Singapore General Hospital ^*

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEBRIDEMENT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT INJURY; FOREFOOT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MUSCLE INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 2442442923     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117373.67460.2A     Document Type: Article

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