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Temporary Use of a Silicone Rod in a Case of Infection Resulting From Tendon SurgeryFrom the San Roque Hospital and Private Hospital, Cordoba, Argentina Correspondence: Roque Blanco, MD, Hipólito Irigoyen 139, 1° A, 5000 Cordoba, Argentina. A patient was treated by tendon grafting following division of both flexor tendons of a digit. The graft was removed because of infection and a silicone rod was inserted in spite of the suppuration. After the replacement of the implant by a new tendon graft, the final result was satisfactory and the patient recovered good function.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 20, No. 3,
308-309 (1995) |
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