Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 13-23 , January 2007

Precision grip function after free toe transfer in children with hypoplastic digits

  • Michael Schenker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Physiology, Umeå University, Sweden
    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
    • Department of Hand Surgery, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
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  • Mikael Wiberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
    • Department of Hand Surgery, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Simon P. Kay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Roland S. Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Physiology, Umeå University, Sweden

Received 9 December 2005 ,Accepted 20 April 2006.

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PII: S1748-6815(06)00418-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.04.018

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 13-23 , January 2007

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