Treatment of Mallet Finger - A Review

• Authors: Andrzej Żyluk , Bernard Piotuch
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 82
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 243-250

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2010

online

15 - 9 - 2010

Contributors

author

Andrzej Żyluk

• Department of General and Hand Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin

author

Bernard Piotuch

• Department of General and Hand Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-010-0034-9