A different method of fingertip reconstruction with the thenar flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 885-888

  Okazaki, Mutsumi ^a   Hasegawa, Hiromi ^b   Kano, Mayuko ^b   Kurashina, Reiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TIP INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FLAP; THENAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 14644418416     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000153221.39347.AB     Document Type: Article

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