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 ...
George (finger) underwent an MRI, and it was determined the 76ers star has an extensor tendon injury on his left fifth finger, Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. George continues to ...
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 ...