Open versus percutaneous release of the A1-pulley for stenosing tendovaginitis: A prospective randomized trial

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Dierks, Ulf ^a   Hoffmann, Reimer ^a   Meek, Marcel F ^b  

^a Evangelisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Minimal invasive surgery; Percutaneous; Stenosing tendovaginitis; Trigger digit; Trigger finger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STENOSING TENOSYNOVITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGGER FINGER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 55749103900     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e31817f289a     Document Type: Article

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