Distal insertions of abductor pollicis longus muscle and arthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint in 104 dissections

Annales de Chirurgie de la Main et du Membre Superieur

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-338

  Bouchlis, G ^a   Bhatia, A ^a   Asfazadourian, H ^a   Touam, C ^c   Vacher, C ^a   Oberlin, C ^b  

^a Institut d'Anatomie de Paris ^*

^b Institut d'Anatomie de Paris   (France)

^c Serv d'Orthopedie Traumatologie   (France)

Author keywords

Abductor pollicis longus muscle of the thumb; Rhizarthrosis

Indexed keywords

APONEUROSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; DISSECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TENDON LESION; TENOTOMY;

EID: 0031455437     PISSN: 07539053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-9053(97)80047-6     Document Type: Article

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