Immediate toe-to-hand transfer in acute hand injuries: Overall results, compared with results for elective cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 882-892

  Woo, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Kim, Joo Sung ^a   Seul, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Hyundae General Hospital ^*

^b Hyundae General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOE TO HAND TRANSFER; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINGER INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TOE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TOES;

EID: 2542478197     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000105340.26227.B5     Document Type: Article

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