"Spare part" forearm free flaps harvested from the amputated limb for coverage of amputation stumps

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 615-619

  Weinberg, M J ^a   Al Qattan, M M ^a   Mahoney, J ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; SOFT TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM; HUMANS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0030862439     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80359-2     Document Type: Article

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