Cold intolerance is not more common or disabling after digital replantation than after other treatment of compound digital injuries

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-259

  Lithell, Margareta ^a,b   Backman, Clas ^a,b   Nyström, Åke ^a,b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FINGER REPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031907236     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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