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Vascularized bone graft from the second metacarpal to the thumb: a case report
M P Bengoechea-Beeby1, J L Pellicer-Artigot, A Abascal-Zuloaga
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital del Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|June 10, 1998
Abstract:
Bony pedicled grafts arising from the second metacarpal have been described, mainly for the treatment of recurrent pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid. The clinical use of this graft has been extended for the management of nonunion of the proximal phalanx of the thumb.