The reverse digital artery island flap: Clinical experience in 120 fingers

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1006-1013

  Han, Seung Kyu ^a   Lee, Byung Il ^b   Kim, Woo Kyung ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGITAL ARTERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISLAND FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031968282     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00018     Document Type: Article

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