Complications of flexor tendon repair in the hand: MR imaging assessment

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 219-224

  Drapé, Jean Luc ^a   Silbermann Hoffman, Olivia ^a   Houvet, Patrick ^a   Dubert, Thierry ^b   Thivet, Antoine ^a   Benmelha, Zakia ^a   Frot, Bernard ^a   Alnot, Jean Yves ^a   Benacerraf, Roger ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CLINIQUE JOUVENET   (France)

Author keywords

Hand, injuries; Hand, MR; Tendons, injuries; Tendons, MR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 0030026704     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.1.8539383     Document Type: Article

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