Ulnar artery distal cutaneous descending branch as free flap in hand reconstruction

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1320-1326

  Jihui, J U ^a   Liu, Yuefei ^a   Hou, Ruixing ^a  

^a Department of Hand Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Descending branch; Hand wound repair; Soft tissue reconstruction; Surgical flaps; Ulnar artery; Vascular pedicle

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HAND SURGERY; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; THUMB INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449519326     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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