The strength of distal fixation of flexor digitorum profundus tendon grafts in human cadavers

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 599-604

  McNally, Thomas A ^a   Hamman, Jeffrey J ^a   Heminger, Heather ^a   Mass, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon; Graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0036067887     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.33709     Document Type: Article

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