IFSSH Flexor Tendon Committee Report 2014: From the IFSSH Flexor Tendon Committee (Chairman: Jin Bo Tang)

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-115

  Tang, Jin Bo ^a   Chang, James ^b   Elliot, David ^c   Lalonde, Donald H ^d   Sandow, Michael ^e   Vögelin, Esther ^f  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon repair; postoperative care; tendon sheath and pulley

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SHEATH AND PULLEY;

FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TENDON SHEATH AND PULLEY;

HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84891103076     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193413500768     Document Type: Article

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