Microvascular soft tissue reconstruction of the digits

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-450

  Turner, A ^a   Ragowannsi, R ^a   Hanna, J ^a   Teo, T C ^a   Blair, J W ^a   Pickford, M A ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digits; Small free flap; Venous flow through flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645917361     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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