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Evaluation of the two-stage flexor-tendon reconstruction in severely damaged digits. 1976

S L Weinstein, and B L Sprague, and A E Flatt

From July 1971 to July 1974, the two-stage tendon-grafting procedure of Hunter and Salisbury was performed in thirty-two severely damaged digits in twenty-five patients. Of these digits, twenty-three fingers and five thumbs could be evaluated for gain in total active flexion (expressed as per cent of preoperative passive flexion) and for gain in total active motion (expressed as per cent of total preoperative passive motion) after follow-ups ranging from six to fifty months. The results for total active flexion were 60.9 per cent good, 21.7 per cent fair, and 17.4 per cent poor, and for total active motion 21.7 per cent good, 56.5 per cent fair, and 21.7 per cent poor. Complications were frequent after both stages and included infection, migration of the rod, and adhesions within the proximal end of the newly formed sheath. Flexion contractures were a significant problem.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009068	Movement	The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. Movement may be used with reference to humans, vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Differentiate also from MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior.	Movements
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D005260	Female		Females
D005383	Finger Injuries	General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers.	Injuries, Finger,Finger Injury,Injury, Finger
D005385	Fingers	Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.	Finger