Extended reverse dorsal metacarpal artery flap: clinical experience and donor site morbidity

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-355

  Koch, H ^a   Bruckmann, L ^a   Hubmer, M ^a   Scharnagl, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Defects on long fingers; Donor site morbidity; Dorsal metacarpal flap; Pinch grip; Total range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN FLAP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; PINCH STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847363991     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.03.066     Document Type: Article

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