An alternative approach in the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture skin defects: First dorsal metacarpal artery island flap

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-20

  Ozdemir, Oguz ^a,b,c   Coskunol, E ^a,b   Ozalp, T ^a,b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dorsal metacarpal flap; Dupuytren's skin defects; FDMA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIOTOMY; FINGER; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HAND MUSCLE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; Z PLASTY;

EID: 1542393465     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130911-200403000-00005     Document Type: Article

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