Hand evaluation following ulnar forearm perforator flap harvest: A prospective study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1598-1601

  Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^a,b   Mithani, Suhail K ^a   Bluebond Langner, Rachel ^a   Manson, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORATOR FLAP; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNA; ULNAR ARTERY; AGED; CERVICOPLASTY; HAND; HEAD; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 38449122897     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000282077.59961.86     Document Type: Article

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