Severe mutilating injuries to the hand: guidelines for organizing the chaos

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 816-827

  del Piñal, Francisco ^a,b  

^a Hospital Mutua Montanesa   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Cirugia Plastica y de la Mano   (Spain)

Author keywords

Finger amputation; Metacarpal hand; Mutilating hand injuries; Reconstruction of amputations

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION STUMP; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER REPLANTATION; FLEXOR TENDON; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND INJURY; HAND JOINT; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SENSATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CONTRACTURE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; METACARPUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 34249797263     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.02.019     Document Type: Review

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