A 32-year-old man had a sharp laceration of the FDS and FDP tendons of the right index finger in zone 2. Repair was done 3 days after injury, and the patient was begun on the Chow protocol.
Late direct repair can then be done without the need for a tendon graft or transfer. In the fingers, late direct repair can occasionally be performed up to 4 weeks from injury if the tendon is ...
The pathophysiology of distal tendon ruptures is still unclear. Patients with chronic rupture presenting 4 ... Results The mean Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score (DASH), American ...
Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand also showed inflammation and/or damage to hand tendons, a single-center study indicated. Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement ...
The climbing intensity scores were significantly higher in the injury group than in those who had not suffered a wrist or hand injury (p<0.05). Finger tendon injuries were the most common injury, ...