Toe-to-thumb transfer: A new technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 149-153

  Tsai, Tsu Min ^a   Aziz, Waqar ^a  

^a CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; THUMB AMPUTATION; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TOE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CASE REPORT; HALLUX; HAND INJURIES; HUMAN; MALE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB; TOE JOINT; TOES;

EID: 0025807656     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199107000-00027     Document Type: Article

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