Avulsion injuries of the hamstring origin - A series of 12 patients and management algorithm

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 394-399

  Gidwani, Sam ^a   Bircher, Martin D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avulsion injury; Hamstring; Management algorithm

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34248665539     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X183427     Document Type: Article

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