Rupture of flexor tendons as a complication of a distal radius fracture

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 350-352

  Huh, Sung Woo ^a   Jo, Woo Lam ^a   Lee, Joo Yup ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Flexor tendon rupture; Malunion; Ulnar head

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTER CAST; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907104114     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2013.793192     Document Type: Article

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