Vascular anatomy of the human flexor digitorum profundus tendon insertion

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 806-812

  Leversedge, Fraser J ^a   Ditsios, Konstantinos ^a   Goldfarb, Charles A ^a   Silva, Matthew J ^a   Gelberman, Richard H ^a   Boyer, Martin I ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone tendon healing; Flexor tendon; Tendon repair; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; EVALUATION; FINGER; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND PALM; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036739883     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.35080     Document Type: Article

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