Salvage of the hand with a free flap in a hemodialysis patient with finger gangrene and ipsilateral arteriovenous fistula: A case report

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-368

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a,b   Tsai, Hui Hong ^a,b   Yin, Jir Wen ^a,b   Lin, Tsan Shiun ^a,b   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a,b,c  

^a Chang Gung University ^*

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GANGRENE; HAND SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEX FINGER; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; METACARPAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL WOUND; THIGH; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542506506     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0023-8     Document Type: Article

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