Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 24-31 , January 2007

Melanoma of thumb: Retrospective study for amputation levels, surgical margin and reconstruction

Received 19 December 2005 ,Accepted 28 January 2006.

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☆ This work was presented in ASPS 2005 in Chicago, 25 September 2005.

PII: S1748-6815(06)00291-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.037

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 24-31 , January 2007

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