A prospective study of flexor tendon repair in zone 5

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 642-648

  Yii, N W ^a   Urban, M ^a   Elliot, D ^a  

^a St Andrew's Centre Plastic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031761540     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(98)80019-3     Document Type: Article

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