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Partial flexor tendon injuries: to repair or not
1Mersey Regional Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre, Whiston Hospital, Prescot.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
The correct management of partially divided flexor tendon injuries is still in dispute. This study compares the results of repair with non-repair in zone 2 injuries. We conclude that tendons divided by 60% or less in cross-sectional area should not be repaired.