Soft Tissue Management of War Wounds to the Foot and Ankle

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-138

  Baechler, Martin F ^a,b   Groth, Adam T ^c   Nesti, Leon J ^d,e   Martin, Barry D ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d McDonald Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Flap; Foot; Microsurgery; Reconstruction; War

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BLAST INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT INJURY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WAR; WOUND HEALING;

ANKLE INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77049111599     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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