The PNB classification for treatment of fingertip injuries: The boundary between conservative treatment and surgical treatment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 604-609

  Muneuchi, Gan ^a   Tamai, Motoki ^a   Igawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Kurokawa, Masato ^c   Igawa, Hiroharu H ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^c NAGAHAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Fingertip injury; PNB classification; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER NAIL; FINGER PULP; FINGER TIP INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL BED; PHALANX; PNB CLASSIFICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 19444377726     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000158066.47194.9a     Document Type: Article

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