ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Two-stage repair of finger flexor tendons in children with chronic tendon ruptures in fibro-synovial canals

Alexandrov AV1,2, Rybchenok VV2, Lvov NV1, Aleksandrova NE1, Palinkash AM2
About authors

1 N. F. Filatov Children’s Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 13, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Alexander Alexandrov
ul. Sadovaya–Kudrinskaya, d. 15, Moscow, Russia, 123001; ur.liam@grusorcimxela

Received: 2016-09-28 Accepted: 2016-10-17 Published online: 2017-01-05
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