Long-term outcome of replantation of proximal-third amputated arm: A worthwhile endeavor

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-235

  Dagum, Alexander B ^a   Slesarenko, Yury ^a,c   Winston, Lucy ^b   Tottenham, Virginia ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southlake Health Center   (Canada)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Proximal arm; Replantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIMB REPLANTATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVASCULARIZATION; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM; ARM INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPLANTATION; ROTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 37349090434     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/bth.0b013e318070c716     Document Type: Article

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