Angle grinder-related penetrating hand and forearm injuries: demographics, injury characteristics, and causative factors
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muscles. These flexor muscles move the fingers through cordlike extensions called tendons, which connect the muscles to bone. The flexor muscles start at the elbow and forearm regions, turn into tendons just past the middle of the forearm, and attach to the bones of the fingers (see Figure 1). In the finger, the tendons pass through tunnels that keep them close to the bones, which helps them wo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hand and Microsurgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2458-7834
DOI: 10.5455/handmicrosurg.133875