Index Finger Pollicization for Hypoplasia of the Thumb

Mohamed Benchakroun, Rhita Salah, Salim Bouabid

Abstract


Pollicization of the index finger has been the subject of several publications; it occupies an interesting place in the restoration of the handgrip. Although it is still suffering from some technical insufficiencies, we were able to achieve a pollicization of the index finger on a 54 years old woman. The results were very satisfactory. We report in this work the surgical technique used, with an update on the various existing techniques.

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Index, Pollicization, Thumb

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.abcmed.v.10n.1p.26

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