Soft-tissue injury management and flap reconstruction for mangled lower extremities

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.4, 2008, Pages 75-95

  Tu, Yuan Kun ^a   Yen, Cheng Yo ^a   Ma, Ching Hou ^a   Yu, Shang Won ^a   Chou, Ying Chao ^b   Lee, Mel S ^b   Ueng, Steve Wen Neng ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

free flap; mangled lower extremity; microsurgery; pedicle flap; Soft tissue injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BONE GRAFT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 51649099014     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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