Ischaemic contracture of the hand

Stronger flexor tendon repairs facilitate early active motion therapy protocols. Core sutures using looped suture material provide 1 ½ to twice the strength of Kessler′s technique (with four strand and six strand Tsuge technique respectively). The technique is well-described and uses preformed loope...

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Main Author: G. Balakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2006-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699134