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The use of pedicled flexor digitorum superficialis tendon as a tendon graft in the
second stage of flexor tendon reconstruction has the advantage of employing local
intrasynovial tendon graft and allowing early active range of motion. This method
of staged flexor tendon reconstruction was used in 47 patients between 1083 and 1993.
Thirty-three patients were evaluated 1 year or longer after the second stage of surgery.
The follow-up period averaged 3.7 years. Sixty-four percent of the injuries were in
zone II, and 30% were Boyes grade V in severity. Good to excellent results were achieved
in 64% of patients. Three patients needed graft tenolysis. Postoperative persistent
flexion contractures ranging from 8° to 55° of the proximal interphalangeal or distal
interphalangeal joints or both were present in 88% of patients. Several factors that
influenced the final outcome were identified: age over 25 years, zone II injuries
of Boyes grade V, and the lack of a regular postoperative rehabilitation program were
associated with relatively less successful final results.
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Publication history
Accepted:
August 15,
1996
Received:
August 25,
1995
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*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commerical party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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© 1997 The American Society for Surgery of the Hand. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
