Twenty-one cases of skin defects of the hand were treated with venous flaps. According to type, nine flaps were arterialised flaps (A-A), five were (A-V), and seven were (V-V) type. Venous flaps can be used up to 8 x 3 cm in size or even bigger if the number of veins anastomosed is increased. The ma
Free serratus anterior fascia flap for reconstruction of hand and finger defects
β Scribed by Dietmar Ulrich; Paul Fuchs; Ahmed Bozkurt; Norbert Pallua
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 130
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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