New concepts in managing the long tendons of the thumb after primary repair

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-156

  Elliot, David ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Southgate, Caroline M ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c Brit Soc for Surgery of the Hand   (United Kingdom)

^d British Assoc of Hand Therapists   (United Kingdom)

^e Flexor Tendon Committee of the IFSSH   (United Kingdom)

^f Roy Australasian Coll of Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

^g Indian Soc for Surgery of the Hand   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND MUSCLE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; TENDON SUTURE; THUMB; THUMB INJURY;

EID: 17644392427     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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