[Treatment of cicatricial flexion contractures of the fingers]

The article discusses the results of treatment of 152 patients with cicatrical flexion contractures of the fingers consequent upon mechanical, thermal and gunshot injuries. The authors suggest their own classification of cicatricial contractures of the fingers according to the extent of the cicatricial process and restriction of the volume of movements and impairment of the grasp. Various methods of treatment were applied depending on the type of the pathological process. Analusis of the late-term results showed that the distraction method has advantages over the traditional skin plastics methods in the treatment of stable combined forms of contractures.