Management of the Mangled Upper Extremity: A Critical Analysis Review

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (E.A.M.), and Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (N.P.I. and S.A.K.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Review

Erin A Miller et al. JBJS Rev. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;6(4):e11.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.17.00131.

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (E.A.M.), and Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (N.P.I. and S.A.K.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

No abstract available

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