Use of Custom-made Stockings to Control Postoperative Leg and Foot Edema Following Free Tissue Transfer and External Fixation of Fractures

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-248

  Unal, Cigdem ^a   Gercek, Huseyin ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Flap; Garment; Injury; Surgery; Swelling; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; FOOT EDEMA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROCNEMIUS FLAP; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; EDEMA; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84856779830     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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