Fractional flexor tendon lengthening for advanced metacarpophalangeal flexion contracture in rheumatoid hands.
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Abstract
This technical report discusses a subgroup of rheumatoid patients who have minimal ulnar drift but a severe fixed metacarpophalangeal joint flexion contracture for whom conventional metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty alone was insufficient to correct the deformity. We describe a surgical technique to deal with this clinical problem that uses fractional flexor tendon lengthening in the forearm to correct the severe flexion deformity at the metacarpophalangeal joint.
Medical subject headings
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Finger
- Contracture
- Metacarpophalangeal Joint
- Tendons
Anatomy
- hand
- radius/ulna