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Index Finger Pollicization for Functional Preservation of the Hand After Giant Liposarcoma Resection of the Thenar Eminence

Pierluigi Tos
1   Microsurgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy   Email: stefartiaco@libero.it
,
Raimondo Piana
2   Oncologic Orthopaedic Division, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy
,
Elena Boux
2   Oncologic Orthopaedic Division, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy
,
Giulia Colzani
1   Microsurgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy   Email: stefartiaco@libero.it
,
Stefano Artiaco
1   Microsurgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy   Email: stefartiaco@libero.it
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21 September 2014

26 December 2014

Publication Date:
13 September 2016 (online)

 
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