Sonographically guided percutaneous first annular pulley release: Cadaveric safety study of needle and knife techniques

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1531-1542

  Smith, Jay ^a,b   Rizzo, Marco ^a,b   Lai, Jim K ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit; Sonography; Tenosynovitis; Thumb; Trigger finger

Indexed keywords

HOOKS; NEEDLES; PATIENT MONITORING; PULLEYS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; DIGIT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINOR SURFACES; SAFETY STUDIES; TENOSYNOVITIS; THUMB; TRIGGER FINGERS;

TENDONS;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; NEEDLE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER;

CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDLES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78149342067     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.11.1531     Document Type: Article

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