Treatment of fingertip amputation in adults by palmar pocketing of the amputated part

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 404-410

  Jung, Mi Sun ^a   Lim, Young Kook ^a   Hong, Yong Taek ^a   Kim, Hoon Nam ^a  

^a Daegu Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amputation; Finger; Replantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER TIP INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; NECROSIS; PNEUMATIC TOURNIQUET; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864521077     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.4.404     Document Type: Article

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