The reverse radial forearm flap for soft tissue reconstruction of the wrist and hand

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-51

  Kaufman, Matthew R ^a   Jones, Neil F ^a,b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedicled flap; Radial forearm flap; Soft tissue defects; Upper extremity reconstruction; Wrist and hand injuries

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; FOREARM; GRAFT FAILURE; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB; THUMB AMPUTATION; TISSUE FLAP; TOE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WRIST INJURY;

HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 15944399935     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000154479.20226.22     Document Type: Article

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