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Published on: January 7, 2019
Balloon flexor sheathplasty: one-stage grafting at 19 years
A C Campbell1, S Sinha, M Sinforini
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, ML6 0JS, UK. falconexergy@hotmail.com
Injury
|December 14, 2004
Abstract:
The technique of dilatation of a flexor sheath to allow one-stage grafting was recently described and named balloon flexor sheathplasty [J. Hand Surg. 27B (2001) 487-488]. The scope of this procedure is not yet known and the application after significant delay has not been described. We report a case where balloon flexor sheathplasty allowed return of useful function after an interval of 19 years.