Toe tissue transfer for reconstruction of damaged digits due to electrical burns

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-142

  Kim, Hyung Do ^a   Hwang, So Min ^a   Lim, Kwang Ryeol ^a   Jung, Yong Hui ^a   Ahn, Sung Min ^a   Song, Jennifer K ^a  

^a Good Moonhwa Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burns; Electricity; Toes; Transfer

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTRIC BURN; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TOE INJURY; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

EID: 84864515188     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.2.138     Document Type: Article

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