Blood perfusion of the free anterolateral thigh perforator flap: Its beneficial effect in the reconstruction of infected wounds in the lower extremity

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-18

  Gravvanis, Andreas ^a,b   Tsoutsos, Dimosthenis ^a   Karakitsos, Dimitrios ^a   Iconomou, Thomais ^a   Papadopoulos, Othon ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846124997     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0298-8     Document Type: Article

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