Two-stage treatment of flexor tendon ruptures
| Autor: | Alexandros E. Beris, Panayotis K Soucacos, Alexandros S. Touliatos, Theodore A. Xenakis, Panayotis N. Soucacos, Konstantinos N. Malizos |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment 03 medical and health sciences Fixation (surgical) 0302 clinical medicine Synovitis medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030222 orthopedics Flexor tendon business.industry technology industry and agriculture 030229 sport sciences musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Tendon Surgery body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Amputation Orthopedic surgery Upper limb Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 68:48-51 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6470 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17453674.1997.11744744 |
| Popis: | Complications during two-stage flexor tendon reconstruction may jeopardize the function of the repaired tendons. We reviewed complications encountered in 89 patients (109 digits) treated with a two-stage flexor tendon reconstruction using either silicone or Hunter rods. The complications could be distinguished according to the stage of reconstruction in which they occurred. Complications during stage I included rod buckling, rupture of the distal end of the rod, rod migration, synovitis and infection, and during stage II included distal rupture of the graft juncture, loose graft, tight graft, bowstringing, and flexion deformity of the PIP and DIP joints. The commonest complication was a flexion deformity of the PIP and/or DIP joint which was related to the surgical procedure. These deformities could easily be corrected in all cases with night splints. |
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