A new technique of attachment of flexor tendons to the distal phalanx without a button tie-over

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-632

  Sood, M K ^a   Elliot, D ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTAL PHALANX; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON SURGERY; TOOTH DISEASE;

FINGERS; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS;

EID: 0029908881     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(96)80146-X     Document Type: Article

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