Traction avulsion amputation of the major upper limb: A proposed new classification, guidelines for acute management, and strategies for secondary reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1624-1638

  Chuang, D C C ^a   Lai, J B ^a   Cheng, S L ^a   Jain, V ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Chen, H C ^a  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB REPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034764111     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200111000-00030     Document Type: Article

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