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A Novel Tenorrhaphy Suture Technique with Tissue Engineered Collagen Graft to Repair Large Tendon Defects
Published on: December 10, 2021
Fascial augmentation tenorrhaphy for extensor tendon lacerations in the forearm
Courtney K Dawson1, Chaitanya S Mudgal
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Hand Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
|May 26, 2012
Abstract:
Proximal lacerations of the extensor tendon apparatus can pose a surgical challenge, especially when located at the musculotendinous junction or in patients presenting late. We describe a technique to augment the suture repair of these injuries utilizing local harvested strips of dorsal forearm fascia.

