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Flexor Tendon Injuries: The Results of Primary Repair

M. SINGER
S. MALOON

From the Hand Unit, Orthopaedic Department, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa

This study is a critical analysis of results obtained following primary repair and post-operative controlled mobilisation of flexor tendon injuries which were treated by registrars with up to six months experience in hand surgery. 70 (55%) of 125 patients who underwent repair of a complete flexor digitorum profundus or flexor pollicis longus tendon injury during a 14-month period attended for review and these had a total of 140 injured digits. 93 (67%) were rated Lister’s standards as an "excellent" or "good" result. 39 (28%) occurred in "no man’s land" (Zone 2) and only 19 (49%) in this area were rated "excellent" or "good". Isolated flexor digitorum superficialis tendon injuries have been excluded from this study, as have partial tendon injuries.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 13, No. 3, 269-272 (1988)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(88)90083-6
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