Actualities in big segments replantation surgery

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 849-855

  Battiston, Bruno ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^a   Clemente, Alessandra ^a   Pontini, Italo ^a  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Indications; Microsurgical repair; Replantation of big segments amputations; Results

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXTRAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARM AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMPLANTATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249814887     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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