Review of 197 consecutive free flap reconstructions in the lower extremity

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 772-776

  Wettstein, Reto ^a   Schürch, Roland ^a   Banic, Andrej ^a   Erni, Dominique ^a   Harder, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Fasciocutaneous flap; Lower extremity; Reconstruction; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SMOKING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG INJURIES; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049126143     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.11.037     Document Type: Article

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