Thumb reconstruction

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 245-248

  Brunelli, Giorgio Antonio ^a,c   Brunelli, Giovanni Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Spedali Civili di Brescia   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

surgery, hand; surgical flaps; thumb reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTHETICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THUMB AMPUTATION; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FINGER INJURIES; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; REPLANTATION; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029866528     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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