Digital nerve reconstruction by multiple Y-shaped nerve grafts at the metacarpophalangeal joint level

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Schonauer, Fabrizio ^a   Taglialatela Scafati, Salvatore ^a   La Rusca, Ivan ^a   Molea, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital nerve; Donor site; Hand injury; Nerve graft; Y shaped

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND MUSCLE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LATERAL ANTEBRACHIAL CUTANEOUS NERVE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SKIN NERVE; SUTURE; TETANUS; ULNA; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSURGERY; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 53349146742     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.04.044     Document Type: Article

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