Biomaterial Database

Soft tissue digital procedures. 1986

H M Sokoloff

The purpose of this article is to discuss the common soft tissue procedures used to correct the reducible digital deformities. The reader should keep in mind that often these procedures are used in combination with osseous techniques for semi- or nonreducible digital deformities.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011182	Postoperative Care	The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)	Care, Postoperative,Postoperative Procedures,Procedures, Postoperative,Postoperative Procedure,Procedure, Postoperative
D003286	Contracture	Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint.	Contractures
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013709	Tendon Transfer	Surgical procedure by which a tendon is incised at its insertion and placed at an anatomical site distant from the original insertion. The tendon remains attached at the point of origin and takes over the function of a muscle inactivated by trauma or disease.	Tendon Transfers,Transfer, Tendon,Transfers, Tendon
D013710	Tendons	Fibrous bands or cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE at the ends of SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS that serve to attach the MUSCLES to bones and other structures.	Endotenon,Epotenon,Tendons, Para-Articular,Tendons, Paraarticular,Endotenons,Epotenons,Para-Articular Tendon,Para-Articular Tendons,Paraarticular Tendon,Paraarticular Tendons,Tendon,Tendon, Para-Articular,Tendon, Paraarticular,Tendons, Para Articular
D014033	Toe Joint	The articulation between the head of one phalanx and the base of the one distal to it, in each toe.	Interphalangeal Joint of Foot,Interphalangeal Joint of Toe,Foot Interphalangeal Joint,Foot Interphalangeal Joints,Joint, Toe,Joints, Toe,Toe Interphalangeal Joint,Toe Interphalangeal Joints,Toe Joints
D014034	Toes	Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT.	Toe