The dorsal middle phalangeal finger flap: Mid-term results of 43 cases

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 362-371

  Leupin, P ^a   Weil, J ^a   Büchler, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL ARTERY; DONOR; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; SENSIBILITY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030879062     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80403-2     Document Type: Article

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