Immediate functional transfer of the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous island flap for reestablishment of elbow flexion in upper arm replantation: Two clinical cases

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1347-1350

  Haas, Franz ^a   Hubmer, Martin ^a   Koch, Horst ^a   Scharnagl, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW FLEXION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIMB REPLANTATION; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 11144239260     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000075344.22200.1D     Document Type: Article

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