Primary vein grafting in treatment of ring avulsion injuries: A 5-year prospective study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Hyza, Petr ^a   Vesely, Jiri ^a   Drazan, Lubos ^a   Stupka, Igor ^a   Ranno, Raul ^b   Castagnetti, Fabio ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finger sensibility; Grip strength; Hand trauma; Replantation; Ring avulsion; Vein grafting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; VEINS;

EID: 34547663288     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000252717.88972.01     Document Type: Article

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