Late direct repair of a lacerated flexor tendon is a tendon repair performed 3 weeks after injury. When direct repair is performed late, contraction of the musculotendonous unit makes it difficult to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A coupler device designed to mitigate the risk of repair rupture after zone 2 flexor tendon repairs was ...

Doctors carry out tendon repair surgery to fix a tendon injury. Recovery can take up to 12 weeks. Tendons are tough, stretchy tissues that join muscles to bone. Their job is to allow the body to move ...

Tendon repair is surgery done to treat a torn or otherwise damaged tendon. Tendons are the soft, band-like tissues that connect muscles to bone. When the muscles contract, the tendons pull the bones ...

Using a chicken model, Peterson et al [1] compared the outcomes of complete sheath excision alone and with primary sheath repair, sheath closure with a fascial patch, and sheath reconstruction with a ...

SAN DIEGO – A mechanical study found what it called the optimal suture material and knot configurations for zone II flexor tendon injuries. Steve K. Lee, MD, and his colleagues undertook the study to ...

ALTHOUGH restorative hand surgery is correctly regarded as having been developed primarily in military centers, repair of flexor tendons, one of the most frequent and difficult problems in civilian ...

The patient presents with a flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon laceration. The FPL originates from the anterior radius and coronoid process and inserts at the distal phalanx of the thumb. The tendon ...