Indications and Selection of Free Flaps for Soft Tissue Coverage of the Upper Extremity

Hand Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Saint Cyr, Michel ^a   Gupta, Amit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT STIFFNESS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND DRESSING;

DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34247573032     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.02.007     Document Type: Review

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