Vascularized nerve grafts and vascularized fascia for upper extremity nerve reconstruction

Hand

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-30

  Terzis, Julia K ^a   Kostopoulos, Vasileios K ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Upper extremity; Vascularized fascia; Vascularized nerve grafts

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649144173     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-009-9189-4     Document Type: Article

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