The timing of microsurgical reconstruction in lower extremity trauma

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS, 2008, Pages 632-634

  Karanas, Yvonne L ^a   Nigriny, John ^b   Chang, James ^c  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOOT DEGLOVING; FOOT INJURY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949092681     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20551     Document Type: Article

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