Eight-strand core suture technique for repair of intrasynovial flexor tendon lacerations

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-74

  Dovan, Thomas T ^a   Ditsios, Konstantinos T ^a   Boyer, Martin I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eight strand; Flexor tendon; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DOG; EXPERIMENTATION; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYNOVIUM; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038419479     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130911-200306000-00005     Document Type: Article

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