Microsurgery for lower extremity injuries

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 103-108

  Korompilias, Anastasios V ^a   Lykissas, Marios G ^a   Vekris, Marios D ^a   Beris, Alexandros E ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Lower extremity; Microsurgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DONOR SITE; DYSESTHESIA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAFT PERFUSION; HEMATOMA; LEG INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SOFT TISSUE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 65849526068     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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