Chest wall reconstruction using an omental flap and Integra

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Aquilina, D ^a   Darmanin, F X ^a   Briffa, J ^a   Gatt, D ^a  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Chest wall reconstruction; Integra; Omental Flap; Radionecrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; SECONDARY INFECTION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OMENTUM; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67649625168     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.01.089     Document Type: Article

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