Disability and function after arthroscopic repair of ulnar avulsions of the triangular fibrocartilage complex of the wrist

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-293

  Degreef, Ilse ^a   Welters, Hans ^a   Milants, Paul ^a   Van Ransbeeck, Hilde ^a   De Smet, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX; ULNA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 21744442396     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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