The operative repair of chronic nontraumatic extensor tendon subluxations in the hand.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
The authors study the literature and the surgical treatment in chronic nonrheumatoid cases. Their technique employs one-half of the extensor digitorum communis tendon as a tether on the central extensor tendon, recentralizing it over the metacarpophalangeal joint.
Medical subject headings
- Joint Dislocations
- Metacarpophalangeal Joint
- Tendons
Anatomy
- hand