Flexor Tendon Reconstruction.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Gundlach BK; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Philadelphia, PA, USA; The Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 834 Chestnut Street, Suite G114, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.; Zelouf DS; The Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 834 Chestnut Street, Suite G114, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: dszelouf@HANDCENTERS.com.
- Source
- Publisher: W.B. Saunders Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8510415 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1558-1969 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 07490712 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Hand Clin Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- English
Chronic injury to the flexor tendon system of the hand remains a challenging problem for the hand surgeon to treat. Both single- and two-stage techniques remain important in the reconstruction of the flexor tendon deficient digit. Modern advances include the use of allograft composites that aim to reduce the time and donor-site morbidity compared with conventional autograft techniques. Regardless of technique, restoring a gliding tendon-pulley system with a functional arc of motion is the primary goal of flexor tendon reconstruction.
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