Congenital synostosis of the fourth and fifth metacarpals treated by free bone grafting from the fusion site

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1747-1750

  Yamamoto, Naoto ^a   Endo, Takashi ^b   Nakayama, Yoshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS;

EID: 0034027649     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200004050-00022     Document Type: Article

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