Measuring the aesthetic and functional outcome of pollicization.

Published in: The Journal of hand surgery, European volume (2024)

We retrospectively investigated the importance of aesthetics after pollicization in 12 pollicized thumbs in nine patients with current objective and subjective measurements. Subjective improvements in appearance and function correlated even though improvement of function was of greater importance.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
atomic force microscopy
depressive symptoms
high resolution
patient satisfaction