Avulsion injuries of the thumb: Survival factors and functional results of replantation

Orthopedics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1113-1117

  Aziz, Waqar ^a,b   Noojin, Frank ^b   Arakaki, Akira ^a   Kutz, Joseph E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Micro Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER REPLANTATION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; SURVIVAL RATE; TENDON TRANSFER; THUMB INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031708094     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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