Tendon avulsion injuries of the distal phalanx

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 157-168

  Tuttle, Harrison G ^a   Olvey, Scott P ^a   Stern, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; AVULSION INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BONE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTAL PHALANX; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; SWELLING; TENDON INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FINGER INJURY; FINGER JOINT; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SPLINT; TENDON;

ARTHRODESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER JOINT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPLINTS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 33646826661     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205903.51727.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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