Scaphoid nonunion and flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1211-1219

  Saitoh, Satoru ^a   Hata, Yukihiko ^a   Murakami, Narimichi ^a   Nakatsuchi, Yukio ^a   Seki, Hiroshi ^a   Takaoka, Kunio ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior interosseous nerve palsy; Flexor pollicis longus tendon; Magnetic resonance imaging; Scaphoid nonunion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAPHOID BONE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 0032717408     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.1211     Document Type: Article

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