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Moberg modification using the first web space: thumb reconstruction following distal amputation

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, 5415 blvd de l’Assomption, Montréal, QC, H1T 2 M4, Canada

    Stéphanie Thibaudeau, Dominique M. Tremblay, Michèle Tardif & André Chollet

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Thibaudeau, S., Tremblay, D.M., Tardif, M. et al. Moberg modification using the first web space: thumb reconstruction following distal amputation. HAND 7, 210–213 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-012-9406-4

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