The effects of the number and ratio of repaired arteries and veins on the survival rate in digital replantation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 288-294

  Lee, Byung Il ^a   Chung, Ha Young ^a   Kim, Woo Kyung ^a   Kim, Sung Wook ^a   Dhong, Eun Sang ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; FINGER REPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034054975     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044030-00007     Document Type: Article

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