Posterior Elbow Coverage Using Whole and Split Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Flaps: A Cadaveric Study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1807-1812

  Wysocki, Robert W ^a   Gray, Robert L ^a   Fernandez, John J ^a   Cohen, Mark S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow soft tissue defects; flexor carpi ulnaris flap; split flexor carpi ulnaris

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ELBOW DISEASE; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS FLAP; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT;

AGED; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 57149129835     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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