Blood supply of the digital sheath

Annales de Chirurgie de la Main et du Membre Superieur

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-153

  Gajisin, S ^a   Bednarkiewicz, M ^b   Zbrodowski, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Digital sheath; Flexor tendons; Hand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031854534     PISSN: 07539053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-9053(98)80009-4     Document Type: Article

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