Flexor tendons: anatomy and surgical approaches
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1Harborview Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359798, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. callan@u.washington.edu
Hand Clinics
|May 11, 2005
Abstract:
The nature of the original injury is the chief determinant of outcome and is out of the control of the surgeon. Every step thereafter can be influenced by him or her, though, and a thorough knowledge of anatomy and surgical approaches allows for the best possible repair under any set of circumstances.
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