Successful management of double level multiple flexor tendon injury
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Zone II Flexor Tendon Injury
DESCRIPTION A 14-year-old adolescent boy presented 3 days after lacerating his hand with a knife. He complained of inability to flex his little finger and had decreased sensation on the ulnar aspect of this digit.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0975-2870
DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.126394