Transfer of the flexor digitorum longus for the correction of lesser-toe deformities

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 422-430

  Boyer, Matison L ^a,b   DeOrio, James K ^a,b  

^a Lexington Orthopaedics ^*

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor Digitorum Longus; Hammer Toe; Lesser Toe; Tendon Transfer

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FLEXOR TENDON; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON LESION; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAMMER TOE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147125872     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0422     Document Type: Review

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