Results of treatment of the extensive volar wrist lacerations: ‘the spaghetti wrist’

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-76

  Kabak, Ş ^a   Halici, M ^a   Baktir, A ^a   TURK C Y ^a   AvSAROGULLARI L ^a  

^a Erciyes University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor tendons; Keywords; Median nerve; Repair; Spaghetti wrist; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0036513971     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200203000-00017     Document Type: Article

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