Dorsal Metacarpal Island Flap in Syndactyly Treatment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Aydin, Atakan ^a,b   Özden, Burcu Çelet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Orhantepe Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDACTYLY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SYNDACTYLY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346964565     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000096440.14697.e5     Document Type: Article

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