Comparison of three types of treatment modalities on the outcome of fingertip injuries

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1681-1687

  Van Den Berg, Wiebren B ^b   Vergeer, Rob A ^b   Van Der Sluis, Corry K ^b   Ten Duis, Henk Jan ^a   Werker, Paul M N ^b  

^a Division of Traumatology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservative; Fingertip; Injury; Outcome; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SHORTENING; BONE STRENGTH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TIP INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE LENGTHENING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, MALFORMED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864546590     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318248bc8c     Document Type: Article

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