Fascial flap reconstruction of the hand: A single surgeon's 30-year experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 953-962

  Carty, Matthew J ^a   Taghinia, Amir ^b   Upton, Joseph ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THUMB;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB;

EID: 77749315947     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cc964c     Document Type: Article

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