Chapter 17 – Flexor Tendon Repair

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James A. Nuley, L. Scott Levin, Dennis Devito, Richard D. Goldner, James R. Urbaniak, Direct end-to-end repair of flexor pollicis longus tendon lacerations☆ Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume). ,vol. 17, pp. 118- 121 ,(1992) , 10.1016/0363-5023(92)90126-A

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Donald Lalonde, How the wide awake approach is changing hand surgery and hand therapy: Inaugural AAHS sponsored lecture at the ASHT meeting, San Diego, 2012 Journal of Hand Therapy. ,vol. 26, pp. 175- 178 ,(2013) , 10.1016/J.JHT.2012.12.002

Gail N. Groth, Clinical decision making and therapists' autonomy in the context of flexor tendon rehabilitation. Journal of Hand Therapy. ,vol. 21, pp. 254- 260 ,(2008) , 10.1197/J.JHT.2007.10.022