Advances in extensor tendon diagnosis and therapy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Soni, Prashant ^a   Stern, Colette A ^a   Foreman, K Bo ^a   Rockwell, W Bradford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMIC SPLINT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THUMB INJURY; HAND INJURY; REVIEW; SPLINT;

HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; SPLINTS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 61449202100     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000345599.95343.2a     Document Type: Article

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