Comparison of Transverse Carpal Ligament and Flexor Retinaculum Terminology for the Wrist

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 746-753

  Stecco, Carla ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Lancerotto, Luca ^a   Tiengo, Cesare ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antebrachial fascia; flexor retinaculum; palmar aponeurosis; transverse carpal ligament; wrist

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FLEXOR RETINACULUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVERSE CARPAL LIGAMENT; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WRIST;

EID: 77951621590     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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