Lower extremity free flap reconstruction outcomes using venous coupler

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 360-364

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Brown, Benjamin J ^a   Rao, Samir S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLAP SURVIVAL; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY FREE FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN GRAFT LOSS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VENOUS COUPLER;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENULES;

EID: 79960155546     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20888     Document Type: Article

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