V-Y dorsal metacarpal flap: A new technique for the correction of syndactyly without skin graft

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1861-1866

  Magdi Sherif, M ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; DORSAL METACARPAL FLAP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFANT; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDACTYLY; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SYNDACTYLY;

EID: 0344936599     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199806000-00013     Document Type: Article

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