Surgical approach to the triangular fibrocartilage complex

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 134-140

  Garcia Elias, Marc ^a   Smith, Donna E ^b   Llusá, Manuel ^c  

^a INSTITUT KAPLAN   (Spain)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Approach; Distal radioulnar joint; Surgery; TFCC; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HAND MUSCLE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0347589238     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130911-200312000-00002     Document Type: Article

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