Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 234-239 , February 2011

Diagnosis and localisation of flexor tendon injuries by surgeon-performed ultrasound: A cadaveric study

  • Dino J. Ravnic

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Drive, Emerson Hall 232, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Robert D. Galiano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Venkata Bodavula

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Centre, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • David W. Friedman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL 33331, USA
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  • Roberto L. Flores

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Drive, Emerson Hall 232, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 317 278 3667; fax: +1 317 278 4600.

Received 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 April 2010.

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☆ None of the authors who have contributed to this manuscript have any financial interests to disclose.

PII: S1748-6815(10)00261-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.04.035

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 234-239 , February 2011

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