TY - JOUR
T1 - Flexor tendon reconstruction
T2 - Current concepts and techniques
AU - Goldfarb, Charles A.
AU - Gelberman, Richard H.
AU - Boyer, Martin I.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Flexor tendon reconstruction is uncommon today given the advances in flexor tendon repair and postrepair rehabilitation. Nonetheless, patients with a delay in the diagnosis of a flexor tendon laceration or patients with a failed flexor tendon repair may be candidates for reconstruction. Flexor tendon reconstruction includes flexor tenolysis, 1-stage tendon grafting, and 2-stage tendon grafting. This article reviews the surgical indications, the surgical techniques, and the reported outcomes of these procedures.
AB - Flexor tendon reconstruction is uncommon today given the advances in flexor tendon repair and postrepair rehabilitation. Nonetheless, patients with a delay in the diagnosis of a flexor tendon laceration or patients with a failed flexor tendon repair may be candidates for reconstruction. Flexor tendon reconstruction includes flexor tenolysis, 1-stage tendon grafting, and 2-stage tendon grafting. This article reviews the surgical indications, the surgical techniques, and the reported outcomes of these procedures.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=18844426282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jassh.2005.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jassh.2005.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:18844426282
SN - 1531-0914
VL - 5
SP - 123
EP - 130
JO - Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
JF - Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
IS - 2
ER -