TY  - BOOK
AU  - Omar Mohamed Abdelmaksoud Nouh
AU  - Khaled Makeen Elrefaei , 
AU  - Sayed Ahmed Marei , 
AU  - Youssif Ahmed Khachaba , 
TI  - Evaluation of the role of local injection of hyaluronic acid in primary repair of zone 2 flexor tendon injuries / 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Omar Mohamed Abdelmaksoud Nouh , 
KW  - Flexor tendon
KW  - Hand injuries
KW  - Zone II
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD
N2  - This is a randomized control trial that was conducted on 43 patients with a total of 62 injured flexor tendons in zone II that were scheduled for primary repair. Patients were assigned to two groups A and B. Group A digits were injected with hyaluronic acid intraoperatively and at weekly intervals afterwards making a total of 3 injections. Results demonstrated that group A patients had a better functional outcome according to Strickland criteria and that hyaluronic acid was effective on minimizing adhesions. However, Group A patients had higher complication rate particularly infection
UR  - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf
ER  -