Repair of flexor digitorum profundus to distal phalanx: A biomechanical evaluation of four techniques

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1604-1609

  Lee, Steve K ^a   Fajardo, Marc ^a   Kardashian, George ^a   Klein, Jason ^a   Tsai, Peter ^a   Christoforou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchor; button; jersey finger; repair; tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCHOR BUTTON TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; DISTAL PHALANX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TOE PHALANX;

BIOMECHANICS; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 80053563014     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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