(v) Upper limb amputations: Where, when and how to replant

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Atkins, Sara E ^a   Winterton, Robert I S ^a   Kay, Simon P ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Microsurgery; Reconstruction; Replantation; Salvage; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER REPLANTATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB REPLANTATION; MICROSURGERY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REIMPLANTATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 41949100981     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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