Management of fingertip amputations

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2093-2101

  Peterson, Steven L ^a   Peterson, Emma L ^a   Wheatley, Michael J ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amputation; classification; Fingertip; injury; replantation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; COLD INTOLERANCE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CRUSH TRAUMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ESTHETICS; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER REPLANTATION; FINGER TIP INJURY; FINGERTIP AMPUTATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LACERATION; MICROSURGERY; NAIL DISEASE; NEUROMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; PRESERVATION; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY EVALUATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WORK DISABILITY; WOUND CLOSURE; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FINGER; FINGER INJURIES; REIMPLANTATION;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; REPLANTATION;

EID: 84908136408     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.04.025     Document Type: Review

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