Repair of acute ulnar collateral ligament injuries of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint: A retrospective comparison of pull-out sutures and bone anchor techniques

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1451-1456

  Katolik, Leonid I ^a   Friedrich, Jeffrey ^a   Trumble, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE ANCHOR; THUMB INJURY; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; MALE; SUTURING METHOD; THUMB; ULNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THUMB; ULNA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58149168732     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181882163     Document Type: Article

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