The use of vascularized phalanx for the first metacarpal bone defect in a mutilating hand injury. Case report

Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Coban, Y K ^a   Uzel, M ^b   Cetinus, E ^b  

^a KSU Medical School   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand injury; Metacarpal defect; Vascularized phalanx transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; VASCULARIZATION; FINGER PHALANX; HEMODYNAMICS; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; FINGER PHALANGES; HAND INJURIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES;

EID: 33745003228     PISSN: 02941260     EISSN: 1768319X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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