The Tibial Second Toe Vascularized Neurocutaneous Free Flap for Major Digital Nerve Defects

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-217

  del Piñal, Francisco ^a   García Bernal, Francisco J ^a   Regalado, Javier ^a   Studer, Alexis ^a   Cagigal, Leopoldo ^a   Ayala, Higinio ^a  

^a Hospital Mutua Montañesa   (Spain)

Author keywords

complex nerve defect; Microsurgery; neurocutaneous defects in fingers; vascularized nerve grafts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE MALFORMATION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SKIN FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THUMB; TIBIA; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846629533     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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