Upper limb tendon surgery for tetraplegia;Sehnenchirurgie der oberen Extremität bei Tetraplegie

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-212

  Rothwell, Alastair Gardner ^b   Sinclair, Stewart William ^a  

^a BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Tendon transfers; Tetraplegia; Upper limb reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011645184     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: 14390981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00064-006-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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