Flexor Tendon Reconstruction

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1025-1030

  Moore, Tom ^a   Anderson, Blake ^a   Seiler III, John Gray ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

flexor tendon grafting; Flexor tendon reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FLEXOR TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON SURGERY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; TENDON; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952688649     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.03.042     Document Type: Article

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