Use of free dorsoulnar perforator flap in the treatment of postburn contractures of the fingers

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 770-775

  Ulkur, Ersin ^a   Uygur, Fatih ^a   Karagöz, Hüseyin ^a   Çeliköz, Bahattin ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn; Contracture; Dorsoulnar perforator free flap; Release

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSOULNAR PERFORATOR FLAP; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAND BURN; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BURNS; CONTRACTURE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33748130438     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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