Arthroscopic-assisted repair of avulsed triangular fibrocartilage complex to the fovea of the ulnar head: A 2- to 4-year follow-up study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1371-1378

  Iwasaki, Norimasa ^a   Nishida, Kinya ^a   Motomiya, Makoto ^a   Funakoshi, Tadanao ^a   Minami, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX AVULSION; ULNA;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389048     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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