Pedicled and free radial forearm flaps for reconstruction of the elbow, wrist, and hand

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 887-898

  Jones, Neil F ^a   Jarrahy, Reza ^a   Kaufman, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYNOSTOSIS; THUMB AMPUTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WRIST; FOREARM; HAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WRIST;

EID: 40549092390     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299924.69019.57     Document Type: Article

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