Paraspinous muscle flap reconstruction of complex midline back wounds: Risk factors and postreconstruction complications

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Mericli, Alexander F ^a   Tarola, Nicholas A ^a   Moore, John H ^a   Copit, Steven E ^a   Fox, James W ^a   Tuma, Gary A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

paraspinous muscle flap; posterior trunk defect; spinal wound reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955232463     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181c47ef4     Document Type: Article

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