The use of skeletal traction in the treatment of severe primary Dupuytren's disease

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-129

  Citron, Neil ^a   Messina, Jane C ^a  

^a Nelson Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SKELETON TRACTION; SPLINT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031984731     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B1.8019     Document Type: Article

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