Partial second toe pulp free flap for fingertip reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 899-907

  Lee, Dong Chul ^b   Kim, Jin Soo ^b   Ki, Sae Hwi ^b   Roh, Si Young ^b   Yang, Jae Won ^b   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER MALFORMATION; FINGER TIP INJURY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; FINGER INJURY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOES;

EID: 40549144583     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299945.03655.0d     Document Type: Article

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