[Finger lengthening by the modified Gillies method]
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Published on: March 19, 2015
L Kaczmarzyk1, J Jabłecki, R Kocieba
1Ośrodek Replantacji Kończyn, Mikrochirurgii, Chirurgii Reki, Trzebnicy.
Abstract:
Four thumbs and six fingers in 7 patients were lengthened by inserting bone graft harvested from the iliac crest into divided stump of proximal phalanx or first metacarpal. All grafts healed without complications. The operation is indicated in patients who do not accept toe-to-hand procedure. No signs of graft resorption were observed during follow-up.
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