The soft-tissue frame

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2137-2140

  Sagebien, Carlos A ^a,b   Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^a   Turen, Clifford H ^a  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; LIMB SALVAGE; LYMPH FLOW; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; LEG; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 34249780136     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260689.54364.c8     Document Type: Article

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