Surgical release of de Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis postpartum: Can it wait?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-25

  Capasso, Giovanni ^a   Testa, Vittorino ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c   Turco, Giovanni ^a   Piluso, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dynamic Center   (Italy)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DE QUERVAIN STENOSING TENOSYNOVITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINT; TENDON DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SPLINTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENOSYNOVITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036933189     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-001-0302-8     Document Type: Article

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