The gap after trapeziectomy: a prospective study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 566-568

  Anwar, R ^a   Cohen, A ^a   Nicholl, J E ^a  

^a KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

first carpometacarpal joint; trapezial space gap; trapeziectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAST REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL JOINTS; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAPEZIUM BONE; TRAPEZOID BONE;

EID: 33748129914     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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