A safety technique for mitek anchor suture rupture: A useful trick

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1532-1533

  Othman, Diaa ^a   Le Cocq, Heather ^a   Majumder, Sanjib ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon avulsion; Mitek anchor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; MITEK ANCHOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 80052265105     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.06.015     Document Type: Review

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