Salvage of venous congested flaps by simple methods [35]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 344-346

  Eskitascioglu, Teoman ^a,b   Coruh, Atilla ^a   Ozyazgan, Irfan ^a   Gunay, Galip K ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD FLOW; DRAIN; HUMAN; LEECH; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PERFUSION; VEIN DISEASE; CATHETERIZATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

CATHETERIZATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NECROSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33644852812     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000192625.45163.3a     Document Type: Letter

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