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Index Finger Pollicization for Functional Preservation of the Hand After Giant Liposarcoma Resection of the Thenar Eminence

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  1. Microsurgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy

    Pierluigi Tos, Giulia Colzani & Stefano Artiaco

  2. Oncologic Orthopaedic Division, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center CTO, Via Zuretti 29, Turin, Italy

    Raimondo Piana & Elena Boux

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Tos, P., Piana, R., Boux, E. et al. Index Finger Pollicization for Functional Preservation of the Hand After Giant Liposarcoma Resection of the Thenar Eminence. J Hand Microsurg 7, 216–219 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12593-014-0169-8

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