Anatomical repair of zone 1 flexor tendon injuries

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 617-622

  Teo, T C ^a   Dionyssiou, Dimitrios ^a   Armenio, Andrea ^a   Ng, Darren ^a   Skillman, Joanna ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTAL PHALANX; DRILL; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SUTURE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449219094     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181956572     Document Type: Article

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