Zone of injury: A critical review of the literature

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 573-577

  Loos, Matthew S ^a   Freeman, Bruce G ^a   Lorenzetti, Adam ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

free flap failure; free flaps; traumatic wound coverage; Zone of injury

Indexed keywords

BURN; DEBRIDEMENT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VASCULARIZATION;

BURNS; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTREMITIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 78650511580     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181d50e3e     Document Type: Article

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