Factors That Influence the Outcome of Zone I and Zone II Flexor Tendon Repairs in Children

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1661-1666

  Elhassan, Bassem ^a   Moran, Steven L ^a   Bravo, Cesar ^a   Amadio, Peter ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

children; Flexor tendon; injury; outcome; zone I; zone II

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MOBILIZATION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 33751507110     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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