A meta-analysis of success rates for digit replantation

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 124-129

  Dec, Wojciech ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Digit; Finger; Hand; Microsurgery; Reattachment

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRUSH TRAUMA; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER INJURY; FINGER REPLANTATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND;

AGE FACTORS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPLANTATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33748780431     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000225005.64605.17     Document Type: Review

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