Ischemia-reperfusion injury leads to significant tissue damage in free flap surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Yvonne ^a   Bannasch, Holger ^a   Eisenhardt, Steffen U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA;

FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; NOTE; REPERFUSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPERFUSION;

EID: 84555217892     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182362e53     Document Type: Letter

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