Use of the free innervated dorsalis pedis tendocutaneous flap in composite hand reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-276

  Cho, Byung Chae ^a   Lee, Jung Hyung ^a   Weinzweig, Norman ^b   Baik, Bong Soo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND BURN; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344936076     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199803000-00013     Document Type: Article

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