Reconstruction of the thumb with a trimmed-toe transfer technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 509-513

  Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a   Chuang, Chwei Chin ^a   Noordhoff, M Samuel ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TOE TRANSFER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; THUMB; TOES;

EID: 0023767141     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198809000-00025     Document Type: Article

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