Modern Tendon Repair Techniques

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-570

  Lee, Steve K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extensor; Flexor; Hand; Tendon repair; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SPLINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENODESIS;

BIOMECHANICS; FINGER INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENODESIS;

EID: 84867950932     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.08.012     Document Type: Review

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