The outcome of direct-flow neurovascular island flaps in pulp defects

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Kayalar, Murat ^a   Bal, Emin ^a   Toros, Tulgar ^a   Sügün, S Tahir ^a   Özaksar, Kemal ^a   Gürbüz, Yusuf ^a  

^a Hand and Microsurgery Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neurovascular island flap; Pulp reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INNERVATION; ISCHEMIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961045892     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2011.2429     Document Type: Article

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