Arthroscopic surgery for traumatic triangular fibrocartilage complex injury

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 354-359

  Miwa, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashizume, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Kazuo ^a   Nishida, Keiichiro ^a   Inoue, Hajime ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic repair; Suture retriever; Triangular fibrocartilage complex

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPIC SUTURING; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINAMI CRITERIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PALMER CLASSIFICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SUTURE; TRAUMATIC TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX INJURY;

EID: 4243139563     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-004-0796-1     Document Type: Article

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