Outcomes after 1.9-μm diode laser-assisted anastomosis in reconstructive microsurgery: Results in 27 patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1167-1175

  Leclère, Franck M P ^b   Schoofs, Michel ^b   Buys, Bruno ^b   Mordon, Serge R ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTHRITIS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951038936     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d18173     Document Type: Article

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