Middle phalangectomy: A functional and aesthetic cure for macrodactyly

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 362-365

  Tan, Onder ^a,c   Atik, Bekir ^b   Dogan, Ali ^b   Alpaslan, Suleyman ^b   Uslu, Mustafa ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Digital gigantism; Macrodactyly; Phalangectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER MALFORMATION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MACRODACTYLY; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PHALANGECTOMY; PHALANX; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FINGER PHALANGES; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; THUMB;

EID: 33751574665     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310500369938     Document Type: Article

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