Over the past 2 decades, repair and rehabilitation methods of primary repair of the digital
flexor tendon have changed. Key techniques developed over this period include strong …

Immediate flexor tendon repair of the hand is common practice in European countries.
However, routinely achieving a successful outcome from this treatment of flexor tendon …

New developments in primary tendon repair in recent decades include stronger core tendon
repair techniques, judicious and adequate venting of critical pulleys, followed by a …

The formation of adhesions during healing of an injured tendon remains a difficult problem
in clinical practice. Local anti-inflammation gene delivery provides high local gene …

Tendon injuries are a common injury of musculocutaneous system. Due to the lack of
sufficient cellularity and low growth factor activity, healing of disrupted digital flexor tendon is …

We present the outcomes of flexor pollicis longus tendon repairs in 34 thumbs using a six-
strand M-Tang repair with venting of one or two pulleys according to site of tendon …

We report the outcomes of zone 2 tendon repairs in 60 fingers using a strong core suture,
sparse peripheral stitches and early active motion. From January 2014 to April 2016, we …

Postoperative digit motion is important for the functional recovery of injured tendons. To
date, it is unknown whether the loading speed impacts the biomechanical properties of a …

A major challenge in tendon injury is the weak intrinsic healing capacity of tendon that may
cause rupture of the repair after surgery. Growth factors are believed to be critical during …

Purpose Substantial gap formation of a repaired finger flexor tendon is assumed to be
harmful for tendon healing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship …