Flexor pulley reconstruction. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Flexor pulley reconstruction is a challenging surgery. Injuries often occur after traumatic lacerations or forceful extension applied to an acutely flexed finger. Surgical treatment is reserved for patients with multiple closed pulley ruptures, persistent pain, or dysfunction after attempted nonoperative management of a single pulley rupture, or during concurrent or staged flexor tendon repair or reconstruction. If the pulley cannot be repaired primarily, pulley reconstruction can be performed using graft woven into remnant pulley rim or looping graft around the phalanx. Regardless of the reconstructive technique, the surgeon should emulate the length, tension, and glide of the native pulley.

publication date

  • April 4, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Finger Injuries
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Tendon Injuries

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84877606832

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.hcl.2013.02.005

PubMed ID

  • 23660059

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 2