Free tissue transfer in hand surgery - Essential step in hand transplantation

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-88

  Marinescu, S ^a   Florescu, I P ^a   Giuglea, C ^b   Lascar I ^c  

^a Clinic Hospital Bagdasar Arseni Bucharest   (Romania)

^b Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

^c Clinic Emergency Hospital Bucharest   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hand transplant; Tissue transplant; Upper limb reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOREARM INJURIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874390472     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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