Toe-to-hand transplantation

Hand Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 165-175

  Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Jain, Vivek ^a   Chen, Samuel Huan Tang ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FINGER REPLANTATION; FOOT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MICROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOE; TOE TO HAND TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037301244     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(02)00127-0     Document Type: Review

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