Use of a multiplanar distracter for the correction of a proximal interphalangeal joint contracture

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 378-381

  Kasabian, Armen ^a,b   McCarthy, Joseph ^a   Karp, Nolan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FINGER REPLANTATION; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BONE LENGTHENING; CONTRACTURE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPLANTATION;

EID: 0031940078     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199804000-00010     Document Type: Article

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