Complications after flexor tendon injuries

Hand Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-189

  Momeni, Arash ^a   Grauel, Emily ^a   Chang, James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Flexor tendon injury; Hand surgery

Indexed keywords

DEFORMITY; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGEON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE;

CONTRACTURE; FINGER JOINT; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77953768720     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2009.11.004     Document Type: Review

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