Flap choices to treat complex severe postburn hand contracture

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-483

  Ülkür, Ersin ^a   Uygur, Fatih ^a   Karagöz, Huseyin ^a   Çeliköz, Bahattin ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contracture; Flap; Hand; Postburn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS FINGER FLAP; DORSAL ULNAR FLAP; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBOID FLAP; SIDE FINGER FLAP; SKIN FLAP;

ADULT; BURNS; CONTRACTURE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34247468326     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000244973.72940.e3     Document Type: Article

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