The role of free flaps in the treatment of persistent scalp osteomyelitis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Boeckx, Willy D ^a   Van Der Hulst, René R W J ^a   Nanhekhan, Lloyd V ^a   De Lorenzi, Francesca ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free flap; Latissimus dorsi muscle flap; Osteomyelitis; Reconstructive surgery; Scalp

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCALP OSTEOMYELITIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SCALP; SKULL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745790333     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000219894.58901.46     Document Type: Article

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