Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Hand and upper extremity
Pollicisation of the index finger
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- AS/OB/CAD/LAB/SIM - assist, observe, cadaver, lab or simulator (NMC)
- Also called
- pollicization
Videos and resources
- VideoCongenital hand: Episode 13 - How is POLLICISATION done - The what, the how and the why!29:11
- PagePollicisation of the index finger | Bone & Jointboneandjoint.org.uk
- +33 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Perform Pollicization of the Index finger” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 16)
“Pollicization” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 16)