Fingertip reconstruction by nail bed grafting using thenar flap

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 142-145

  Takeda, Akira ^a   Fukuda, Rieko ^b   Takahashi, Tsuguharu ^b   Nakamura, Takeshi ^b   Ui, Kenji ^b   Uchinuma, Eiju ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amputation; Fingertip reconstruction; Flap; Nail bed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER TIP INJURY; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; NAIL BED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FINGER; FINGER INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0036517925     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-002-1470-7     Document Type: Article

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