Management of adduction contracture of the thumb with a prefabricated radial fascial flap [24]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1681-1682

  Prakash, Vishwa ^a,b   Mishra, Anuj ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN CONTRACTURE; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL FASCIAL FLAP; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION;

BURNS; CONTRACTURE; FASCIA; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB;

EID: 14944344601     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000141485.83476.89     Document Type: Letter

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