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[Verification of thumb-specific muscles in a triphalangeal thumb with magnetic resonance imaging].
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V... - 1 Jun 2005
Belouli K, Beer G M, Burg D, Weishaupt D, Meyer V E
Abstract excerpt
The presence of three phalanges in the first digit is considered to be a relatively rare congenital hand malformation. Six groups of this deformity can be distinguished: some digits are opposable, others resemble a non-opposable five-fingered hand. In cases of a hypoplastic thenar region with a restrained opposition, a clear verification of thumb-specific musculature has been hardly possible. We report of the...
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