Delayed flap coverage of open extremity fractures after previous vacuum-assisted closure (VAC®) therapy - worse or worth?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 675-683

  Steiert, Andreas E ^a   Gohritz, Andreas ^a   Schreiber, Thomas C ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Vogt, Peter M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delayed; Flap reconstruction; Microsurgery; Open fractures; Soft tissue damage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749101951     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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