Thumb arthrodesis

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-226

  Rizzo, Marco ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Thumb arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; BONE INFECTION; BURN CONTRACTURE; CANNULATION; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THUMB ARTHRODESIS; THUMB MALFORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 23344453749     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000167628.33878.d6     Document Type: Review

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