Updated Algorithm for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-240

  Lowe III, James B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646085105     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.12.004     Document Type: Review

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