Rational flap selection and timing for coverage of complex upper extremity trauma

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 760-768

  Herter, F ^a   Ninkovic, M ^a,b  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Free flap selection; Timing of defect coverage; Upper extremity trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; EXPERIENCE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRACILIS FLAP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INGUINAL FLAP; INNERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; PARASCAPULAR FLAP; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULAR FLAP; SENSIBILITY; SKIN COLOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP;

ADULT; ARM; ARM INJURIES; FASCIA; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249794244     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.008     Document Type: Review

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