Microvascular omental transfer for the treatment of severe recurrent median neuritis of the wrist: A long-term follow-up

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-171

  Goitz, Robert J ^a   Steichen, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS INDEX; GRAFT FAILURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MEDIAN ARTERY; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROVASCULAR OMENTUM TRANSFER; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEURITIS; OMENTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT MEDIAN NEURITIS; REOPERATION; SCAR; SEMMES WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT TEST; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM SEVERITY INDEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13244299032     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000138808.77038.D7     Document Type: Article

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