A 5-year interval evaluation of function after pollicization for congenital thumb aplasia using multiple outcome measures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 198-205

  Aliu, Oluseyi ^a   Netscher, David T ^a   Staines, Kimberly G ^a   Thornby, John ^a   Armenta, Arturo ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THUMB APLASIA; THUMB MALFORMATION; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; X RAY FILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONVALESCENCE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HAND MALFORMATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; THUMB; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049098192     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318177427d     Document Type: Article

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