Correction of a deformed thumb by distraction of the phalanx

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 368-372

  Matsumoto, Kazuya ^a   Nakanishi, Hideki ^a   Koizumi, Yoshio ^a   Seike, Takuya ^a   Tanimoto, Yukiho ^b   Yokozeki, Masahiko ^b   Hiura, Kenji ^b   Moriyama, Keiji ^b   Minami, Mitsuyoshi ^c   Urano, Yoshio ^c   Hirabayashi, Shinichi ^d  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angular deformity; Apert syndrome; Distraction; Phalanx; Polydactyly; Thumb

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; PHALANX; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDACTYLY; THUMB MALFORMATION;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; BONE NAILS; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; POLYDACTYLY; THUMB;

EID: 0036926534     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028443102321096375     Document Type: Article

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