Comparison of inpatient bed rest and home convalescence following split thickness skin grafting to the lower leg

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-13

  Tallon, Ben G ^a   Oliver, G Fergus ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discharge; Infection; Leg elevation; Mobilization; Postoperative; Recovery; Skin graft take; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENOXAPARIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART INFARCTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOWER LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BED REST; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33846004181     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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