Autologous skin grafting--a limb-saving procedure in a patient with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Mar;47(3):379-80. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem347. Epub 2008 Jan 28.

Authors

S Chitale, J Watson, A Herrick

PMID: 18227112
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem347

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Female
Femoral Fractures / diagnosis
Femoral Fractures / surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Fracture Fixation, Internal / adverse effects*
Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods
Graft Survival
Humans
Limb Salvage / methods*
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment
Scleroderma, Diffuse / complications
Scleroderma, Diffuse / diagnosis*
Severity of Illness Index
Skin Transplantation / methods*
Surgical Wound Infection / etiology
Surgical Wound Infection / surgery*
Transplantation, Autologous
Wound Healing / physiology