Extensor indicis-transfer compared with palmaris longus transplantation in reconstruction of extensor pollicis longus tendon: A retrospective study

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-35

  Schaller, Peter ^a   Baer, Wolfgang ^a   Carl, Hans Dieter ^b  

^a Kliniken Dr Erler gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extensor indicis; Extensor pollicis longus; Tendon graft; Tendon injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; THUMB; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; THUMB;

EID: 33847082876     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310601070351     Document Type: Review

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