An alternative technique for microsurgically unreplantable fingertip amputations

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-551

  Uysal, Afşin ^a,c   Kankaya, Yüksel ^a   Ulusoy, Mustafa Gürhan ^a   Sungur, Nezih ^a   Karalezli, Nazm ^b   Kayran, Oǧuz ^a   Koçer, Uǧur ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amputation; Composite graft; Deepithelization; Fingertip

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750292607     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000226944.08332.41     Document Type: Article

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