Immediate emergency free anterolateral thigh flap transfer for the mutilated upper extremity

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1739-1747

  Hsu, Chung Chen ^a,b   Lin, Yu Te ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Hung ^a,b,c   Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b   Wei, Fu Chan ^a,b  

^a Chang Gung Memorial Hospital ^*

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARM; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649407599     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a65b00     Document Type: Article

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