Several surgical interventions aimed at restoring thumb function in thumb hypoplasia are available. For outcome evaluation after these surgical interventions, reliable and valid measurement methods are mandatory.

Goal of this thesis was to assess reliability of several measurement methods and with these methods assessing thumb function in patients with thumb hypoplasia after they sustained a reconstruction with the intention of improving outcome.

S.E.R. Hovius (Steven) , H.J. Stam (Henk) , R.W. Selles (Ruud)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
hdl.handle.net/1765/93189
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

de Kraker, M. (2016, May 13). The “Hypoplastic” Thumb : Assessment and outcome following reconstruction: De “hypoplastische” duim : Evaluatie en uitkomsten na reconstructie. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/93189