Flexor Tendon Grafting Using a Plantaris Tendon with a Fragment of Attached Bone for Fixation to the Distal Phalanx: A Preliminary Cohort Study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1543-1548

  Bertelli, Jayme A ^a   Santos, Marcos A ^a   Kechele, Paulo R ^a   Rost, Jan R ^a   Tacca, Cristiano P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon; flexor tendon grafting; plantaris muscle; plantaris tendon; tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTAL PHALANX; FINGER REPLANTATION; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FLEXOR TENDON TRANSPLANTATION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CALCANEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 36849053440     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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