Treatment of leg ulcers with split skin grafts: Early and late results

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-305

  Turczynski, Rafael ^a   Tarpila, Erkki ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amputation; Arterial; Colour duplex scanning; Leg ulcer; Recurrence; Split skin graft; Venous

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; LEG ULCER; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 5944252688     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159271     Document Type: Article

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