Hand reconstruction using the thin anterolateral thigh flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Adani, Roberto ^a   Tarallo, Luigi ^b   Marcoccio, Ignazio ^b   Cipriani, Riccardo ^b   Gelati, Chiara ^b   Innocenti, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND PALM; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THICKNESS; THIN ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP;

ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 23044471428     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000173059.73982.50     Document Type: Article

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