Non rheumatoid closed rupture of extensor carpi ulnaris tendon: Report of a case in a professional athlete

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-402

  Xarchas, K C ^a   Leviet, D ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extensor carpi ulnaris; Sports injuries; Tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTER CAST; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULNA; WRIST INJURY; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TENNIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0036792415     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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