Surgical treatment of trigger fingers

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-365

  Vaes, F ^a   De Smet, L ^a   Van Ransbeeck, H ^a   Fabry, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hand; Surgery; Trigger finger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032411907     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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