Radial forearm flap with vascularized tendons for hand reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-333

  Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Inada, Yuji ^a   Shono, Masaki ^a   Tamai, Susumu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDONS;

EID: 0029666406     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199608000-00019     Document Type: Article

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