A2 pulley incision or one slip of the superficialis improves flexor tendon repairs

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 456, Issue , 2007, Pages 121-127

  Tang, Jin Bo ^a   Xie, Ren Guo ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   Ke, Zun San ^a   Xu, Yan ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; INCISION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FINGER JOINT; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; FINGER JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDONS;

EID: 34247497741     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000246564.96208.b0     Document Type: Article

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