Effect of suture size on locking and grasping flexor tendon repair techniques

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 375, Issue , 2000, Pages 267-274

  Hatanaka, Hitoshi ^a,b   Manske, Paul R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yoshizuka Hayashi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034045166     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200006000-00032     Document Type: Article

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