Preventive effects of a turnover flexor tendon sheath flap on adhesion formation after flexor profundus tendon injury: an experimental study

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Karabagli, Y ^a   Ercel C ^a   Kose A A ^a   Öner, Ü ^a   Acikalin M F ^a   Cetin C ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Repair site; Tendon injury; Turnover tendon sheath flap

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; TENDON INJURY; TENDON LESION; TENDON SHEATH;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKENS; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38349073497     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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