Predicting the Outcome of Surgery for the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Dupuytren's Disease

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-245

  Misra, Alok ^a   Jain, Abhilash ^a   Ghazanfar, Reza ^a   Johnston, Terrencia ^a   Nanchahal, Jagdeep ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dupuytren's disease; outcome; proximal interphalangeal joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33846606077     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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