Flexor tendon reconstruction: Current concepts and techniques

Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-130

  Goldfarb, Charles A ^a   Gelberman, Richard H ^a   Boyer, Martin I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844426282     PISSN: 15310914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jassh.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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