Late digital replantation failure: Pathophysiology and risk factors

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 538-541

  Duffy Jr , Frederick J ^a   Concannon, Matthew J ^b   Gan, Bing Siang ^c   May Jr , James W ^d  

^a Medical City Dallas ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FINGER REPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0345267151     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199805000-00018     Document Type: Article

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