Multiple-Loop, Uniform-Tension Flexor Pulley Reconstruction

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-268

  Naidu, Sanjiv H ^a   Rinkus, Keith ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allograft; bowstringing; Flexor; pulley; tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

ADULT; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPLINTS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33846579190     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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