Free tendon interposition grafting for the repair of ruptured extensor tendons in the rheumatoid hand: A clinical and biomeehanical assessment

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 662-665

  Mountney, J ^a   Blundell, C M ^a   McArthur, P ^a   Stanley, D ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR TENDON; HAND PALM; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICS; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031789368     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(98)80023-5     Document Type: Article

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