Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefässe : Organ der Vereinigung der Deutschen Plastischen Chirurgen
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Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir · Mar 1986
[Late results of flexor tendon sutures in a "no man's land" of the hand].
The authors studied the late functional results of primary and secondary Kleinert-Kessler flexor tendon sutures in "no man's land" in their five-year clinical material. They compared the data of preoperative prognosis and postoperative results and found good correlation. Best results were achieved after primary tendon suture. ⋯ In secondary tendon repairs mainly the preoperative state of the injured hand determined the postoperative results. In the part of their cases with the worst prognosis, late results were unfavourable because of peritendinous adhesions. In these cases new methods to improve the end results are necessary.