Mechanical wearing down of flexor tendons in rheumatoid arthritis as a result of extreme volar-flexed intercalated segment instability

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-191

  Baer, Wolfgang ^a   Dumont, Charles E ^a  

^a Balgrist ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tendon graft; Wrist

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHRODESIS; CARPAL BONE; FINGER INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIUS; RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHRODESIS; CARPAL BONES; CASE REPORT; FINGER INJURIES; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RADIUS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDONS, PARA-ARTICULAR; HUMANS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 0035992150     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028443102753718113     Document Type: Article

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