Calciphylaxis - a challenging & solvable task for plastic surgery? A case report

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tsolakidis, Savas ^a   Grieb, Gerrit ^a   Piatkowski, Andrzej ^a   Alharbi, Ziyad ^a   Demir, Erhan ^a   Simons, David ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buried Chip skin grafting; Calciphylaxis; Natriumthiosulphate; Phenprocoumon; Skin Grafting

Indexed keywords

NATRIUMTHIOSULPHATE; OPIATE; OXACILLIN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PHENPROCOUMON; SEVELAMER; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROTHROMBUS; OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENPROCOUMON; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872132298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-13-1     Document Type: Article

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