Is posttraumatic first web contracture avoidable? Prophylactic guidelines and treatment-oriented classification

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1855-1860

  Del Piñal, Francisco ^a,b,c   García Bernal, Francisco J ^a,b   Delgado, Julio ^a,b  

^a Clínica Mompía ^*

^b Hospital Mutua Montanesa   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTURE; EDITORIAL; FIRST WEB CONTRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SPLINT;

CONTRACTURE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; SPLINTS;

EID: 4444230306     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117667.24286.54     Document Type: Editorial

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