Dynamic procedures for claw-finger correction - Dilemma of balancing tension in transferred tendon slips

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-290

  Malaviya, Govind N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE OF LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEPROSY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SUTURE; TENDON TRANSFER; TENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FINGERS; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; TENDONS;

EID: 33750472713     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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