Reconstruction of a Tuberculous Thumb by Free Bone Grafting: A Case Report
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https://doi.org/10.3109/17453677808993243Abstract
Tuberculosis with secondary staphylococcal infection destroyed the right thumb and index phalanges of a 24-year-old farmer. Four months after starting antibiotic therapy the index finger was amputated, and the thumb reconstructed by excising the disorganized phalanges and transferring the index metacarpal as a free graft to replace them. No previous report of this technique has been traced. A concurrent infection of the patient's left tarsus was treated by triple arthrodesis.Downloads
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1978-01-01
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Papavasiliou, V. A. (1978). Reconstruction of a Tuberculous Thumb by Free Bone Grafting: A Case Report. Acta Orthopaedica, 49(6), 595–596. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453677808993243
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