Fibrin glue application in microvascular anastomosis: Comparative study of two free flaps series

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Cho, Alvaro B ^a,b,c,e   Wei, Teng Hsiang ^a   Torres, Luciano Ruiz ^a   Júnior Jr , Rames Mattar ^a,b   Rugiero, Gustavo Mantovani ^c,d   Aita, Márcio Aurélio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL PROFESSOR EDMUNDO VASCONCELOS   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d Department of Orthopedics   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FOREFOOT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL ARM FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURING METHOD; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 58849124309     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20554     Document Type: Article

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