Functional latissimus dorsi muscle transfer to restore elbow flexion in extensive electrical burns

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-115

  O'Ceallaigh, S ^a,b   Mehboob Ali, K S A ^a   O'Connor, T P F ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b Department of Immunology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; BURNS, ELECTRIC; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11444257352     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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