The "transverse intraosseous loop technique" (Tilt) to re-insert flexor tendons in zone 1

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Tripathi, A K ^a,b   Mee, S N J ^a   Martin, D L ^a   Katsarma, E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixed flexion contracture; Flexor digitorum profundus; Flexor tendons; TILT; Transverse intraosseous loop technique; Transverse intraosseous tunnel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISABILITY OF ARM,SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; TENDON SUTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE WIRES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER PHALANGES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 65449167973     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408096764     Document Type: Article

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