Cutting or round-bodied needles for tendon repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 28 B, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 475-477

  Lam, Wee Leon ^a,b   Vandermeulen, J ^a,b   Fagan, M J ^a,b   Stanley, P R W ^a,b  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Needles; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0141830114     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(03)00169-4     Document Type: Article

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