Management strategies following microsurgical flap failure

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-63

  Lineaweaver, William ^a   Akdemir, Ovunc ^a   Schleich, Arno ^a  

^a Rankin Plastic Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LIMB; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 74549194986     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20682     Document Type: Review

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