The use of the vacuum-assisted closure in microsurgical reconstruction revisited: Application in the reconstruction of the posttraumatic lower extremity

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 615-622

  Eisenhardt, Steffen U ^a   Momeni, Arash ^a,b   Iblher, Niklas ^a   Penna, Vincenzo ^a   Schmidt, Yvonne ^a   Torio, Nestor ^a   Stark, G Bjoern ^a   Bannasch, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

free flap surgery; Negative pressure wound therapy; reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049315351     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267378     Document Type: Article

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