Experiences with the distally based dorsal metacarpal artery (DMCA) flap and its variants in 41 cases;Erfahrungen mit der distal gestielten, dorsalen metakarpalarterien (DMCA)-lappenplastik und ihren varianten in 41 fällen

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-81

  Gregory, Henning V ^a   Pelzer, M ^a   Gazyakan, E ^a   Sauerbier, M ^a   Germann, G ^a   Heitmann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burned hand; DMCA flap; Dorsal metacarpal arteries; Fascial flap

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BURN INFECTION; HAND BURN; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33646466148     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923779     Document Type: Article

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