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2650950

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
242
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
In adults, when flexor tendons cannot be repaired until weeks or months after injury or when tendons have ruptured and part of the tendon is nonviable, it is often inadvisable to suture the tendon ends together. When a primary repair has failed, when there has been a delay in tendon reconstruction to allow skin coverage or joint mobilization, or when repair has been delayed because of infection, continuity of a profundus tendon or flexor pollicis longus tendon can often be restored by using a free graft to bridge the defect. Many patients treated by this procedure will have a satisfactory result providing that the flexor tendon is undamaged within its digital sheath and the muscle is intact and has adequate amplitude. In the study reported here, satisfactory function was restored to 28 of 37 fingers and to eight of ten thumbs treated by this method.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Bridge flexor tendon grafts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article