Cadaveric study of sonographically assisted percutaneous release of the A1 pulley

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 811-822

  Chern, Tai Chang ^b   Jou, I Ming ^a   Yen, Shih Hung ^b   Lai, Kuo An ^b   Shao, Chungjung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A1 PULLEY; A2 PULLEY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SHEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; TENDONS;

EID: 14644422574     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000152419.76354.67     Document Type: Article

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