Bone suture anchors versus the pullout button for repair of distal profundus tendon injuries: A comparison of strength in human cadaveric hands

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 489-496

  Brustein, Marshall ^a   Pellegrini, James ^a   Choueka, Jack ^a   Heminger, Heather ^a   Mass, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Profundus; Repair techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CADAVER; DISTAL PHALANX; HAND GRIP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LACERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034994111     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2001.24135     Document Type: Article

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