Salvage of impending replant failure by temporary ectopic replantation: A case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 463-467

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a,b   Landin, Luis ^a   Navarro Monzones, Angel ^a   Soler Nomdedeu, Santiago ^a  

^a Centro de Rehabilitacion de Levante   (Spain)

^b Temple 5 2 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectopic replantation; Infection; Replant failure; Salvage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT FUNCTION; LIMB REPLANTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FOREARM; FOREARM INJURIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GROIN; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; REPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 33644660535     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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