Prospective morphologic and dynamic assessment of deep flexor tendon healing in zone II by high-frequency ultrasound: Preliminary experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Puippe, Gilbert D ^a   Lindenblatt, Nicole ^a   Gnannt, Ralph ^a   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Andreisek, Gustav ^a   Calcagni, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon; Intrinsic healing; Outcome; Prospective; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 82455203934     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6891     Document Type: Article

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