A critical evaluation of the concomitant use of the implantable Doppler probe and the vacuum assisted closure system in free tissue transfer

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 412-416

  Bannasch, Holger ^a   Iblher, N ^a   Penna, V ^a   Torio, N ^a   Felmerer, G ^a   Stark, G B ^a   Momeni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53049107782     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20512     Document Type: Article

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