Long-term vascular, motor, and sensory donor site outcomes after ulnar forearm flap harvest

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-120

  Brown, Emile N ^a,b   Chaudhry, Arif ^a   Mithani, Suhail K ^a,b   Bluebond Langner, Rachel O ^a,b   Feiner, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Shaffer, Cynthia K ^a   Call, Diana ^b   Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^a,b  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

donor site; ulnar forearm flap; vascular studies

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND STRENGTH; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84895073883     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1357271     Document Type: Article

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