Outcomes and Evaluation of Flexor Tendon Repair

Hand Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-259

  Tang, Jin Bo ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; Flexor tendon; Level of expertise of the surgeons; Outcomes; Primary repair; Secondary repair

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LACERATION; MOBILIZATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SUTURE; TISSUE ADHESION;

FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84877322420     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2013.02.007     Document Type: Review

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