Skin paddle as an indicator of the viability of vascularised fibular graft

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Imran, Yusof ^a   Zulmi, W ^c   Halim, A S ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Surgery

^c Department of Orthopaedics

Author keywords

Graft viability; Skin paddle; Vascularised fibular graft

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FIBULA GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBULA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3342951280     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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