background: peritendinous adhesions after repairing an injury to the digital flexor tendons are a major problem in hand surgery. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy may affect tendon healing and the development of peritendinous adhesions. the aim of this study was to evaluate ibuprofen effect in patients function after flexor tendon surgical repair.   method: thirty-five patients, who ...

Rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon is a major complication after volar locking plate fixation of distal radius fracture. This study used ultrasonography to assess the flexor pollicis longus tendon and intermediate tissue. The study assessed 27 patients (28 wrists) who underwent removal of the volar locking plate. Before plate removal, radiography and ultrasonography were performed to ...

Baskies M, Tuckman DV, Paksima N. Management of flexor tendon injuries following surgical repair. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2008;66(1):35-40. Remarkable strides have been made in the treatment of flexor tendon injuries in the past 40 years. Advances in the understanding of flexor tendon anatomy, nutrition, healing, and biomechanics has significantly improved the treatment of these challenging injur...

although the increase in the number of core sutures during flexor tendon repair increases the tensile strength of the repair, both increased handling at the time of repair and increased bulk at the repair site have been hypothesized as affecting clinical outcomes by increasing gliding resistance. the purpose of our study was to assess whether increasing the number of core sutures from two stran...

The proximal phalangeal base is the most commonly fractured hand bone in children. Such fractures are rarely reported as irreducible due to flexor tendon entrapment. Here, we describe a patient who sustained a malunited fracture on the right fifth finger proximal phalanx with flexor tendon entrapment after treatment with closed reduction with K-wires fixation.A 13-year-old patient came to the c...

The term “ attrition “ rupture of tendons was coined by Vaughan-Jackson who, in 1948, reported two cases of rupture of extensor tendons through attrition at the inferior radio-ulnar joint. These ruptures were caused by bony irregularities at the distal end of the ulna. Spontaneous ruptures of flexor tendons in rheumatoid arthritis were fully described by Lame and Vainio in 1955. Pathomechanics ...

We report the incidental discovery of a flexor carpi radialis brevis tendon, a rare anatomical variant identified during a surgical procedure. Magnetic resonance imaging of the contralateral side helped to delineate the anatomy of the flexor carpi radialis tendon and to differentiate the flexor carpi radialis brevis tendon from it. We describe the use of this rare tendon in ligament reconstruct...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate healing of experimentally severed superficial digital flexor tendons of the canine hind limb repaired by apposition using a Kessler pattern with no augmentation, or augmentation with an everted autologous venous graft or non-everted autologous venous graft. A total of 30 healthy, orthopaedically and neurologically sound mongrel dogs were used in thi...

in this report we describe our encounter of a case of hand trauma referred to our center presenting with incomplete left thumb amputation at metacarpal level with extensor pollicis longus (epl) and flexor pollicis longus (fpl) tendon avulsion from the tenomuscular junction. after metacarpal bone fixation the ulnar digital artery was anastomosed and the digital nerves were coapted. transfer of e...

It is not known how extensively a localised flexor tendon injury affects the entire tendon. This study examined the extent of and relationship between histopathologic and gene expression changes in equine superficial digital flexor tendon after a surgical injury. One forelimb tendon was hemi-transected in six horses, and in three other horses, one tendon underwent a sham operation. After euthan...