Reconstruction of Hand Soft-Tissue Defects: Alternatives to the Radial Forearm Fasciocutaneous Flap

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 847-856

  Page, Rohan ^a   Chang, James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flap; hand injuries; posterior interosseous artery; radial artery; reconstruction; ulnar artery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLAMP; DONOR; ESTHETICS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOREARM; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR ARTERY; WOUND HEALING;

FOREARM; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33646505590     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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