Soft tissue coverage in devastating hand injuries

Hand Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Giessler, Goetz A ^a   Erdmann, Detlev ^a   Germann, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PREPARATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037299442     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(02)00128-2     Document Type: Review

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