Lower extremity free flap outcomes using an anastomotic venous coupler device

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-179

  Medina, Nilton D ^a   Fischer, John P ^a   Fosnot, Joshua ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a   Wu, Liza C ^a   Kovach, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

free flap; lower extremity reconstruction; microsurgery; venous coupler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 84892947996     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31825c07a1     Document Type: Article

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