Free flaps for pressure sore coverage

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-634

  Lemaire, Vincent ^a   Boulanger, Kevin ^a   Heymans, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Pedicled flaps; Pressure sores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARAPLEGIA; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUTTOCKS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 45549094985     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31812c1465     Document Type: Article

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