Serdar YÜCE, Mahmut KÖMÜRCÜ, Osman YAVUZ, İsmail URAŞ, Murat UYGUN, Mustafa KÜRKLÜ

Index Finger Pollicization for Treating a Congenitally Nonfunctioning Thumb in Patients with Radial Longitudinal Deficiency

Keywords:

Radial longitudinal deficiency, nonfunctioning thumb, pollicization,

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