Controlled postoperative mobilization of sutured extension tendons of the long fingers

The authors describe a technique of controlled postoperative mobilization of extensor apparatus. They make use of Levame splint in all injuries of extensor-tendons of the last four fingers except for "mallet finger" and "buttonhole". This technique is issued of the so called Kleinert primary suture technic for flexor-tendons and its effectiveness was controlled by electromyography. The Levame splint is used for thirty days and the active flexion is immediately authorized. From 1976 to 1981, 80 cases were treated with this technique and no rupture had happened, and the good results amount to 86%.