Treatment and outcomes of fingertip injuries at a large metropolitan public hospital

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-112

  Weichman, Katie E ^a,b   Wilson, Stelios C ^a,b   Samra, Fares ^a,b   Reavey, Patrick ^a,b   Sharma, Sheel ^a,b   Haddock, Nicholas T ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO WORK; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETURN TO WORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872073996     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182729ec2     Document Type: Review

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