Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A coupler device designed to mitigate the risk of repair rupture after zone 2 flexor tendon repairs was ...

Using a chicken model, Peterson et al [1] compared the outcomes of complete sheath excision alone and with primary sheath repair, sheath closure with a fascial patch, and sheath reconstruction with a ...

Trigger finger splints are specially designed straps that keep a finger straight and stop it from moving around and causing more pain. Trigger finger, also known as stenosing tenosynovitis, is a ...

ALTHOUGH restorative hand surgery is correctly regarded as having been developed primarily in military centers, repair of flexor tendons, one of the most frequent and difficult problems in civilian ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Late direct repair of a lacerated flexor tendon is a tendon repair performed 3 weeks after injury. When direct repair is performed late, contraction of the musculotendonous unit makes it difficult to ...

In a first, scientists manipulate individual cells to help the body repair tendon after surgery. Long overlooked in the field of musculoskeletal study, the tendon is a highly complex anatomical ...