Limited, Protected Postsurgical Motion Does Not Affect the Results of Digital Nerve Repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 302-306

  Yu, Rebecca S ^a   Catalano III, Louis W ^a   Barron, O Alton ^a   Johnson, Caryl ^a   Glickel, Steven Z ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital; Nerve; Rehabilitation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WRIST;

EID: 1642272934     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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