Traumatized Index Finger Pollicization for Thumb Reconstruction
✍ Scribed by César J. Bravo; Todd Horton; Steven L. Moran; Alexander Y. Shin
- Book ID
- 116655426
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 764 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0363-5023
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