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A modification of the surgical correction of the thumb--a long term follow up
A O Beine1, S R Sampath, R A Cordeiro
1Referral Hospital, Sivananda Rehabilitation Home, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, A.P.
Indian Journal of Leprosy
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A modification of the commonest surgical procedure to restore Abduction-Rotation using the flexor superficialis transfer with Y-insertion is described. The modification consists of doing a triple insertion at the thumb instead of Y-insertion. After introducing the triple insertion the procedure shows 80-90% or more good results, whereas 50% or more failures are reported in the existing literature, when a Y-insertion only is used which cannot safely prevent 'Z' deformity. 60 cases were followed up.