Microvascular free tissue transfer in reconstruction of the lower limb

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-528

  Basheer, M Haj ^a   Wilson, S M ^a   Lewis, H ^a   Herbert, K ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free flap; Free tissue transfer; Lower leg; Microvascular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049129225     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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