Ischemic Skin Flaps: What to Use to Save Them? A Narrative Review
January 2023
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Studysummary This review examines the physiology of skin flap necrosis and various substances studied to improve flap viability, noting that promising results are mostly from animal studies, with nitroglycerin already tested in humans.
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