The rhomboid flap: A simple technique to cover the skin defect produced by excision of a mucous cyst of a digit

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 860-862

  Imran, D ^a,b   Koukkou, C ^a   Bainbridge, L C ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; EXCISION; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER JOINT; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SHEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042529163     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.85b6.14061     Document Type: Article

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