Distal Scaphoid Resection and Prosthetic Semireplacement Arthroplasty for a Scaphoid Nonunion with Degenerative Changes

J Wrist Surg 2017; 06(02): 170-172
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588021

Letter to the Editor

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Authors

Paul W. L. ten Berg

¹Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Miryam C. Obdeijn

¹Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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