Burns
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 65-71 , February 2007

Correction of thumb deformities after burn: Versatility of first dorsal metacarpal artery flap

,Accepted 25 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.04.030

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