title: The double armed suture: tendon repair with immediate mobilization of the fingers.
abstract: The double armed suture (DAS) method of repairing flexor and extensor tendons allows almost immediate mobilization of the involved digits. The technique protects the tendon juncture from stress during muscle contraction and hand therapy, which is begun a few days after surgery. This technique has been used in 76 patients since 1972. Good or excellent results have been obtained in 90% of the cases over a 16-year period.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Center, Traumatologic and Orthopaedic Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messina
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors