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Flexor sheath dilatation with a Fogarty catheter
W T Jarvis1, A C Campbell, S Sinha
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, Scotland, UK. winjarvis@hotmail.com
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|October 9, 2002
Abstract:
The use of a Fogarty catheter to dilate a constricted flexor sheath is described. This relatively atraumatic method of dilating a constricted flexor sheath, may sometimes allow a one-stage rather than a two-stage tendon graft procedure.