Regenerative surgery: Use of fat grafting combined with platelet-rich plasma for chronic lower-extremity ulcers

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-345

  Cervelli, V ^a   Gentile, P ^a,b   Grimaldi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lipostructure; Lower extremity ulcers; Platelet rich plasma

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEX MIXTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67349133439     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-008-9302-z     Document Type: Article

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