Entrapment of Digital Nerves due to an Embedded Ring: A Case Report

J Reconstr Microsurg 2014; 30(09): 659-662
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1370362

Letter to the Editor: Short Report

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Takuya Uemura

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Kiyohito Takamatsu

²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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Mitsuhiro Okada

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Mikinori Ikeda

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Hiroaki Nakamura

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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