Flexor tendon pulley reconstruction

Hand Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-251

  Mehta, Vishal ^a   Phillips, Craig S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; FINGER JOINT; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PHALANX; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 18844375573     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.12.002     Document Type: Review

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