Free lateral arm flap for 1-stage reconstruction of soft tissue and composite defects of the hand: A retrospective analysis of 118 cases

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-178

  Ulusal, Betul Gozel ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^a   Ulusal, Ali Engin ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite tissue loss; Hand defects; Lateral arm flaps; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 33846411059     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000232832.18894.2b     Document Type: Article

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