Use of free serratus anterior muscle slips for the reconstruction of dorsal-side defects of the hand resulting from hot press injury

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-348

  Topalan, Murat ^a   Özden, Burcu Çelet ^a,b   Aydin, Atakan ^a   Erer, Metin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Alkent 2000 Yeditepe Sitesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTHETICS; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND DORSUM INJURY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INFECTION; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HOT PRESS INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MUSCLE GRAFT; SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE SLIP; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TENDON INJURY; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BURNS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 3142668980     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000132184.00884.74     Document Type: Article

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