Metacarpal lengthening after traumatic amputation of the thumb

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Finsen, Vilhjalmur ^a   Russwurm, Harald ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOTOMY; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB AMPUTATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

EID: 0030069111     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b1.0780133     Document Type: Article

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