Microvascular skin response to local cooling and body tilt early after digital replantation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 552-558

  Cankar, Ksenija ^a,b   Arnež, Zoran M ^a,b   Finderle, Žare ^a,b   Štrucl, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cold sensitivity; Hand injuries; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Replantation; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FINGER REPLANTATION; HAND INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034193906     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2000.6003     Document Type: Article

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