To our knowledge, no report has been published of a flexor tendon rupture as a result of a closed phalangeal fracture.A 58-year-old woman with multiple medical comorbidities presented with a closed, apex volar fracture of her long finger proximal phalynx with clinically intact flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis tendons in zone 2 of the flexor tendon sheath. After 5 weeks of nonoperati...

Historically, the surgical treatment of flexor tendon injuries has always been associated with controversy. It was not until 1967, when the paper entitled Primary repair of flexor tendons in no man's land was presented at the American Society of Hand Surgery, which reported excellent results and catalyzed the implementation of this technique into worldwide practice. We present an up to date lit...

We present the case of a patient with flexor digitorum profundus tendon laceration at the A2 pulley level caused by an injury to the base of the right ring finger by a knife. The patient was treated by flexor tendon reconstruction from the palm to the fingertip by using the left second toe flexor tendon as a graft, which improved the active range of motion. Further improvement was achieved by s...

This article describes two cases of augmentation of ruptured tendon with fresh frozen Achilles tendon allograft (FFATA) in dogs. Case 1 was a two-year-old crossbreed dog (29 kg) that presented with an open wound on the right forelimb and with complete rupture of the flexor carpi ulnaris and superficial digital flexor tendons. Case 2 was a four-year-old crossbreed dog (4 kg) with partial rupture...

BACKGROUND Decellularization of tendon tissue plays a pivotal role in current tissue engineering approaches for in vitro research as well as for translation of graft-based tendon restoration into clinics. Automation of essential decellularization steps like freeze-thawing is crucial for the development of more standardized decellularization protocols and commercial graft production under good m...

Juxta-epiphyseal/Salter-Harris fractures are the most common hand fractures in children and the proximal phalanx is involved in most cases. In the absence of soft-tissue interposition, these growth plate injuries are simple to reduce and are stable. However, in some cases, flexor tendon entrapment could be present. We report on an 11-year-old girl who sustained a fall onto her outstretched hand...

Dorsal interosseus muscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . e114 Pain e114 Weakness e115 Thenar muscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e115 Flexor tendons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e115 Trigger finger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e115 Tendon rupture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e116 Mallet finger e116 Ruptured flexor tendon e117 Dupuytren’s contracture . . . . ...

Injuries of the flexor tendon are usually open injuries. In most cases primary treatment is therefore seldom performed by orthopaedic surgeons. This is different for injuries of the extensor tendon. Three quarters of injuries of the extensor tendon are closed injuries. Therefore we do go into primary and secondary reconstruction of the flexor tendon, but focus on primary and secondary reconstru...

DEAR EDITOR Boutonnière deformity (BD) is a debilitating deformity where the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint of the finger is flexed, and the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint is hyperextended.1-3 BD is commonly seen after injury and also as a sequela of progressive inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.1-3 Various techniques have been described to address the imbalance bet...