Optimization of the MGH repair using an algorithm for tenorrhaphy evaluation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1688-1694

  Wassermann, Richard J ^a   Howard, Richard ^a   Markee, Blaine ^a   Payne, Wyatt ^a   Ondrovic, Leo ^a   Lee, William ^a   Greenwald, Daniel P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE;

EID: 0030924726     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199705010-00032     Document Type: Article

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