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Dynamic Traction after Extensor Tendon Repair in Zones 6, 7, and 8: A Retrospective Study

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.

Correspondence: Charles D. Kerr, D.O., Doctors Hospital, 1087 Dennison Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, U.S.A.

Review of the notes of 46 extensor tendon repairs in 21 patients treated by post-operative dynamic traction without an M.P. flexion block, no tendon ruptures or extensor lag and only one digit without full flexion after a mean follow-up of seven weeks. Re-examination of 26 treated repairs in nine patients for this study demonstrated a mean T.A.M. of 259° at an average 14 months follow-up. No bow-stringing occurred because the extensor retinaculum was not excised, and no tenolyses were necessary.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 14, No. 1, 21-22 (1989)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(89)90006-5


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