Open repair of foveal avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage complex and comparison by types of injury mechanism

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1955-1963

  Moritomo, Hisao ^a,b   Masatomi, Takashi ^a,b   Murase, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Miyake, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Okada, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YUKIOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foveal avulsion; Injury mechanism; Open repair; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; Ulnar styloid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE;

BIOMECHANICS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROTATION; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 78649954727     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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