The effect of gap formation at the repair site on the strength and excursion of intrasynovial flexor tendons: An experimental study on the early stages of tendon-healing in dogs

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 975-982

  Gelberman, Richard H ^a   Boyer, Martin I ^a   Brodt, Michael D ^a   Winters, Steven C ^a   Silva, Matthew J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; FLEXOR TENDON; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRENGTH;

EID: 0032840951     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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