Functional outcome for children with thumb aplasia undergoing pollicization

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1314-1323

  Staines, Kimberly Goldie ^a   Majzoub, Ramsey ^a   Thornby, John ^a   Netscher, David T ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THUMB MALFORMATION; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 26844524984     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000181820.36306.a0     Document Type: Article

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