Lasso procedure to correct finger-clawing in leprosy using index or middle finger flexor digitorum superficialis split into four tails - A long-term follow-up study

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-213

  Malaviya, G N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGER MALFORMATION; FINGER REPLANTATION; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEPROSY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 4444331793     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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