Distal thumb reconstruction with a great toe partial-nail preserving transfer technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-119

  Woo, Sang Hyun ^a   Seul, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB INJURY; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TOE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THUMB; TOES;

EID: 0031973919     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199801000-00019     Document Type: Article

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