Delayed treatment of flexor tendon injuries including grafting

Hand Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-243

  Strickland, James W ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Reconstructive Hand Surgeons of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TOURNIQUET;

ADHESIONS; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18844431587     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.12.003     Document Type: Review

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