Treatment of painful neuroma of amputated phalanx with distal toe transfer: A case report

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-89

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Hu, Eric C ^a   Chen, Weijia ^a   Lineaweaver, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Neuroma; Phalanx; Toe; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISABILITY; DIVING; FINGER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROMA; PAIN; PHALANX; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK; WOUND HEALING; FINGER INJURY; FINGER PHALANX; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; TOE; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER PHALANGES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PAIN; TOES;

EID: 33644862807     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000197513.71146.39     Document Type: Article

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