Repair of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex After Ulnar-Shortening Osteotomy: Second-Look Arthroscopy

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-449

  Tatebe, Masahiro ^a   Horii, Emiko ^a   Nakao, Etsuhiro ^a   Shinohara, Takaaki ^a   Imaeda, Toshihiko ^a   Nakamura, Ryogo ^a   Hirata, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

repair; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; ulnar shortening osteotomy; ulnocarpal wrist pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA SHORTENING OSTEOTOMY; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA;

EID: 33947588125     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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