Radial avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage complex in acute wrist trauma: A new technique for arthroscopic repair

Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-374

  Fellinger, Michael ^a,b   Peicha, Gerolf ^a   Seibert, Franz Josef ^a   Grechenig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a University Clinic of Traumatology   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic repair; Distal radius fracture; Radial TFCC avulsion; Wrist arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0031006099     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(97)90037-2     Document Type: Article

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