The epidemiology of reoperation after flexor tendon repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 919-924

  Dy, Christopher J ^a   Daluiski, Aaron ^a   Do, Huong T ^a   Hernandez Soria, Alexia ^a   Marx, Robert ^a   Lyman, Stephen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; epidemiology; Flexor tendon; outcomes; socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84860310363     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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