Zone 2 flexor tendon repair in young children: A comparative study of four-strand versus two-strand repair

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 424-429

  Navali, Amir M ^a,b   Rouhani, ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Flexor tendon repair; Two strand and four strand technique; Zone 2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249099113     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408090761     Document Type: Article

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