The porcine forelimb as a model for human flexor tendon surgery

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-309

  Smith, Andrew M ^a,b,c,d   Forder, J A ^a,b,c   Annapureddy, S R ^a,b,c   Reddy, K S K ^a,b,c   Amis, A A ^a,b,c   Kleinert, Christine M ^d  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Micro Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon surgery; Model; Porcine forelimb; The porcine forelimb

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FORELIMB; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FORELIMB; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SURGERY; SWINE; TENDONS;

EID: 18144409855     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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