Anatomical study of the ulnar dorsal artery and design of a new retrograde ulnar dorsal flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1716-1723

  Vergara Amador, Enrique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Oficina 514   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; METHYLENE BLUE;

ABDUCTOR DIGITI QUINTI MUSCLE; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB AMPUTATION; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR DORSAL ARTERY; ULNAR DORSAL FLAP; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINGER INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULNAR ARTERY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 43149113895     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816aa055     Document Type: Article

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