Surgical Repair Using Cephalic Vein in a Crossfitter Patient with Hypothenar Hammer Syndrome

Ignacio J. Rivera-Chavarría

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1712326

Journal of Hand and Microsurgery, Table of Contents

J Hand Microsurg 2020; 12(02): 130-131
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712326

Letter to the Editor

Surgical Repair Using Cephalic Vein in a Crossfitter Patient with Hypothenar Hammer Syndrome

Ignacio J. Rivera-Chavarría

¹Division of Vascular Surgery, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital, Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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