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Treatment of tendinous mallet finger deformity with a part of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon
Author(s) -
Liu Hongjun,
Li Renlong,
Yuan Chaoqun,
Gu Jiaxiang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16012
Subject(s) - mallet finger , medicine , tendon , deformity , mallet , phalanx , surgery , avulsion , fibrous joint , avulsion fracture , kirschner wire , anatomy , internal fixation , archaeology , history
Tendinous mallet finger deformity can be treated by reconstructing extensor tendon insertion, and it is realized by suturing the transferred portion of flexor digitorum profundus tendon with the ruptured extensor tendon via the constructed bone tunnel.