Microvascular reconstruction of the traumatized thumb
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A Y Shin1, A T Bishop, R A Berger
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Hand Clinics
|June 11, 1999
Abstract:
Microvascular reconstruction of the thumb is technically exacting and requires a firm grasp of anatomic variations of toe blood supply. Careful preoperative planning and meticulous microsurgical technique result in a low primary failure rate and maximize functional and aesthetic results.