Keystone flap reconstruction of primary melanoma excision defects of the leg - The end of the skin graft?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2867-2873

  Moncrieff, Marc D ^a,b   Bowen, Felicity ^c   Thompson, John F ^a,b,c,d   Saw, Robyn P M ^a,b,c   Shannon, Kerwin F ^a,c   Spillane, Andrew J ^a,d   Quinn, Michael J ^a   Stretch, Jonathan R ^a,b,c,d  

^a MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Mater Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fasciocutaneous flap; Keystone; Leg; Lower limb; Melanoma; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KEYSTONE FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 51649107775     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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