Treatment of thumb tip degloving injury using the modified first dorsal metacarpal artery flap

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1663-1670

  Chen, Chao ^a,b,c,d,e   Zhang, Xu ^a,b,c,d,e   Shao, Xinzhong ^a,b,c,d,e   Gao, Shunhong ^a,b,c,d,e   Wang, Bin ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Dequn ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Second Hospital of Tangshan   (China)

^b Affiliated Hospital of North China   (China)

^c Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao   (China)

^d CHENGDE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal branch; first dorsal metacarpal artery flap; proper digital nerve; thumb tip degloving injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ARTERY; DORSAL BRANCHES OF THE PROPER DIGITAL NERVE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER TIP INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODIFIED FIRST DORSAL METACARPAL ARTERY FLAP; NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSIBILITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THUMB INJURY; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; THUMB TIP DEGLOVING INJURY; TISSUE FLAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957332739     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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