The fate of the distal extensor retinaculum in dorsal wrist procedures for rheumatoid arthritis [1]

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-71

  Skillman, J M ^a   Belcher, H J C R ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FASCIA; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0037613313     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00019-5     Document Type: Letter

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