Rupture of flexor tendons after arthrodesis of the basal joint of the thumb

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 243-244

  Masada, Kazuhiro ^a   Yasuda, Masataka ^a   Hashimoto, Hideo ^a   Nakai, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon ruptures; Kirschner wire; Pathological rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE; THUMB;

ARTHRODESIS; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036397665     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310260259941     Document Type: Article

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