Pulp thumb defect reconstruction using a twin neurovascular island flaps: A case report

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-198

  Trevisan, Carlo ^a   Mattavelli, Marta ^a   Monteleone, Michele ^a   Marinoni, Edoardo Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amputation; Finger injury; Island flap; Operative surgical procedures; Thumb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISTAL PHALANX; ESTHETICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB INJURY; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB;

EID: 38649118509     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0511-8     Document Type: Article

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