Current Concepts in Flexor Tendon Repair and Rehabilitation, An Issue of Hand Clinics: Volume 39-2

In this issue of Hand Clinics, guest editors Drs. Rowena McBeath and Kevin C. Chung bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Current Concepts in Flexor Tendon Repair and Rehabilitation. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as staged flexor tendon reconstruction; tenolysis and salvage procedures; flexor tendon injuries and repair in children; flexor tendon avulsion and enthesis injuries; flexor tendon adhesion formation; and more. Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including principles of tendon structure, healing and the microenvironment; general principles of flexor tendon repair; surgical considerations: timing and choice of surgical repair technique and rehabilitation; therapy after flexor tendon repair; flexor tendon repair strategy and choice of therapy; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on flexor tendon repair and rehabilitation, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews. 

List of contents

Principles of Tendon Structure, Healing, and the Microenvironment
General Principles of Flexor Tendon Repair
Flexor Tendon Repair Techniques: M-Tang Repair
Surgical Considerations for Flexor Tendon Repair: Timing and Choice of Repair Technique and Rehabilitation
Tips to Successful Flexor Tendon Repair and Reconstruction with WALANT
Flexor Tendon Adhesion Formation: Current Concepts
Therapy after Flexor Tendon Repair
Flexor Tendon Reconstruction
Tenolysis and Salvage Procedures
Hand Flexor Tendon Repair: From Biology to Surgery and Rehabilitation
Pediatric Flexor Tendon Injuries
Zone 1 Flexor Tendon Repairs: Laceration and Avulsion Injuries

Product details

• Assisted by: Kevin C. Chung (Editor), Kevin C. (Charles B.G. De Nancrede Professor in Surgery Chung (Editor), Chung Kevin C. (Editor), Rowena Mcbeath (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780323940153
• ISBN: 978-0-323-94015-3
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Orthopedics, Musculoskeletal medicine, Orthopaedics & fractures, Plastic & reconstructive surgery, MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Surgical orthopaedics and fractures, MEDICAL / Surgery / Orthopedic