Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1418-1426 , September 2010

Muscle-in-Vein Nerve Guide for Secondary Reconstruction in Digital Nerve Lesions

  • Marcoccio Ignazio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Marcoccio Ignazio, MD, Istituto Clinico Città di Brescia–Gruppo San Donato, 2° Unità Operativa di Chirurgia della Mano e Microchirurgia Ortopedica, Via Gualla 15, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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  • Vigasio Adolfo, MD

Received 31 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 May 2010.

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PII: S0363-5023(10)00639-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.05.019

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1418-1426 , September 2010

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