Reconstruction of proper digital nerve defects in the thumb using a pedicle nerve graft

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1089-1097

  Chen, Chao ^a   Tang, Peifu ^b   Zhang, Xu ^b  

^a Second Hospital of Tangshan   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA COAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; SENSATION; THUMB;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSATION; THUMB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871815321     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318267d56b     Document Type: Article

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