Use of the artificial dermis for free radial forearm flap donor site

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 500-502

  Lee, Jong Wook ^a   Jang, Young Chul ^a   Oh, Suk Joon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial dermis; Radial forearm flap donor site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DERMIS; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FREE RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; DERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 27644504999     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000183789.00146.c6     Document Type: Article

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