Degeneration process of symptomatic central tears in the triangular fibrocartilage

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-519

  Unglaub, Frank ^a,b,c   Hahn, Peter ^b   Wolf, Elke ^b   Germann, Guenter ^a   Bickert, Berthold ^a   Sauerbier, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Handsurgery   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degenerative lesion; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; TFCC; Traumatic lesion

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WOUND HEALING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 40349098055     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000258958.46054.e6     Document Type: Article

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