Reconstruction of flexor tendon pulley with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (E-PTFE)

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 25-30

  Hanff, Gunnar ^a   Dahlin, Lars B ^a   Lundborg, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; E PTFE; Flexor tendon pulley; Morphology; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLEXOR TENDON; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0025860298     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319109034919     Document Type: Article

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