A recommended protocol for the immediate postoperative care of lower extremity free-flap reconstructions

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Rohde, Christine ^a   Howell, Brittny Williams ^b   Buncke, Gregory M ^c   Gurtner, Geoffrey C ^d   Levin, L Scott ^e   Pu, Lee L Q ^f   Levine, Jamie P ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency; Free flap; Lower extremity; Protocol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSENSUS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG MOVEMENT; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; WEIGHT BEARING;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149374180     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1090600     Document Type: Article

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