Free serratus anterior fascia flap for reconstruction of hand and finger defects

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Ulrich, Dietmar ^a   Fuchs, Paul ^a   Bozkurt, Ahmed ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free flap; Gliding tissue; Hand Finger avulsion; Serratus anterior fascia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THUMB INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; FASCIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; FASCIA; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949883167     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0845-5     Document Type: Article

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