Outcomes of skin graft reconstructions with the use of vacuum assisted closure (VAC®) dressing for irradiated extremity sarcoma defects

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Senchenkov, Alex ^a   Petty, Paul M ^b   Knoetgen III, James ^b   Moran, Steven L ^b   Johnson, Craig H ^b   Clay, Ricky P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38849085768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-138     Document Type: Article

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