Treatment of chronic static scapholunate dissociation with the modified Brunelli technique: Preliminary results

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-191

  De Smet, Luc ^a   Van Hoonacker, Petrus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ligament reconstruction; Outcome; Scapholunate; Trauma; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 34248141133     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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