Digital Lengthening to Treat Finger Deficiency: An Experience of 201 Digits in 104 Patients.

Conclusion. Digital distraction and second-stage bone graft is an effective method to compensate disabilities caused by lack of finger length. It could be an alternative plan for patients with thumb deficiency instead of toe-to-thumb transplant and patients with finger deficiency instead of ray resection. PMID: 28286765 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28286765?dopt=Abstract

Source: Biomed Res - March 15, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Ding Z, Zhu X, Fu K, Zheng X Tags: Biomed Res Int Source Type: research