Soft tissue coverage of war extremity injuries: the use of pedicle flap transfers in a combat support hospital

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2175-2181

  Mathieu, Laurent ^a   Gaillard, Christophe ^b   Pellet, Nicolas ^c   Bertani, Antoine ^a   Rigal, Sylvain ^d,e   Rongiéras, Frédéric ^a,e  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b Sainte Anne's Military Hospital   (France)

^c Medical Biology Service   (France)

^d PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e French Military Medical Academy   (France)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Extremity trauma; Pedicled flap; Reconstruction; War surgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INJURIES; LIMB; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EXTREMITIES; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84929264751     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2398-7     Document Type: Article

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