Treatment of Posttraumatic Painful Neuromas at the Digit Tip Using Neurovascular Island Flaps

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-352

  Kakinoki, Ryosuke ^a   Ikeguchi, Ryosuke ^a   Atiyya, Ahamed N ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digit tip injuries; neurovascular island flaps; painful neuromas; Tinel sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMA; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SKIN SENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, POST-TRAUMATIC; NEURALGIA; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 40649097259     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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