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Locoregional Flaps in the Hand

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Hand Trauma in Clinical Practice

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Complex hand injuries are frequently associated with loss of skin and soft-tissue resulting in defects exposing the neurovascular bundles, tendons or bone that are not amenable to primary closure. In these instances, the wounds may not support a skin graft and flap cover should be considered.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    Wojciech Konczalik, Dominika Michno & Norbert Kang

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Konczalik, W., Michno, D., Kang, N. (2019). Locoregional Flaps in the Hand. In: Singh, P. (eds) Hand Trauma in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10844-1_8

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