The fate of lower extremities with failed free flaps: A single institution's experience over 25 years

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-21

  Culliford IV, Alfred T ^a   Spector, Jason ^b   Blank, Alan ^c   Karp, Nolan S ^c   Kasabian, Armen ^a   Levine, Jamie P ^c  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flap failure; Lower extremity salvage; Microvascular free flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

AMPUTATION; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICROSURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34250896728     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000262740.34106.1b     Document Type: Article

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