Open AccessOperative treatment of flexor pollicis longus tendon with Krackow suture, functional results: Preliminary results
Author(s) -
Marko Bumbaširević,
Sladjana Andjelkovic,
Aleksandar Lešić,
Vojo Sudjic,
Tomislav Palibrk,
Goran Tulić,
Dejan Radenković,
Djordje Bajec
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci1004015b
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , fibrous joint , tendon , hand surgery
Surgical treatment of the injuried flexor tensons is the important part of hand surgery. Tendon adhesions, ruptures, joint contcatures-stifness are only one part of the problem one is faced during the tendon treatment. In spite of improvement in surgical technique and suture material, the end result of sutured flexor tendons still represent a serious problem.
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