Severe Contractures of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Dupuytren's Disease: Combined Fasciectomy with Capsuloligamentous Release Versus Fasciectomy Alone

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 560-566

  Weinzweig, Norman ^a   Culver, James E ^b   Fleegler, Earl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NECROSIS; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030024427     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199603000-00011     Document Type: Article

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