Cyclic stress analysis of flexor tendon repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 701-707

  Pruitt, Donald L ^a   Manske, Paul R ^a   Fink, Brett ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; STRESS; TENDON LESION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE;

HAND; HUMAN; IN VITRO; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUTURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0025871916     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0363-5023(91)90197-J     Document Type: Article

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