The role of the vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the salvage of venous congestion of the free flap: Case report

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Uygur, Fatih ^a   Duman, Haluk ^a   Ülkür, Ersin ^a   Çeiköz, Bahattin ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Free flap; VAC therapy; Venous congestion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYMPTOM; THIGH; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VENOUS CONGESTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CONTRACTURE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 40749135853     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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