Post-Traumatic Thumb Reconstruction with Radial Forearm Flap

• Authors: Ahmed Elsaftawy , Jerzy Jabłecki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study described a case of a 37-year-old patient, who had undergone avulsion amputation of the thumb, and was subject to a primary thumb reconstruction by means of thumb reconstruction with radial forearm flap, with the use of osseous fragments of the amputated thumb parts.

Keywords

EN

thumb amputation; post-traumatic reconstruction; radial forearm flap

• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 351-353

Dates

published

1 - 06 - 2013

online

05 - 07 - 2013

Contributors

author

Ahmed Elsaftawy

• Department of General Surgery St. Hedwig of Silesia Hospital, 55-100 Trzebnica, ul. Prusicka 53/55, Ordynator: prof. dr hab. J. Jabłecki

author

Jerzy Jabłecki

• Department of General Surgery St. Hedwig of Silesia Hospital, 55-100 Trzebnica, ul. Prusicka 53/55, Ordynator: prof. dr hab. J. Jabłecki

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2013-0053