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FACTORS AFFECTING THE HEALING AND RETURN OF FUNCTION IN THE REPAIRED DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON
Author(s) -
Richards H. J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04113.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tendon , interphalangeal joint , surgery , anatomy , range of motion , numerical digit , flexor muscles , mathematics , arithmetic
The results of a personal series of 275 fiexor tendon repairs in the digits in 235 patients are reviewed. The repair technique is designed to respect the intrinsic vascular anatomy of the fiexor tendon pecullar to this region. It involves the placement of sutures laterally and volarwards where the circulation is least interfered with. Males greatly predominated, and the majority of patients were aged between 15 and 34 years. Using 90° as the “normal” range of movement of both the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints, the mean percentage range of movement after repair was 89% of normal for the former joints and 49% for the latter.