title: The operative repair of chronic nontraumatic extensor tendon subluxations in the hand.
abstract: The authors study the literature and the surgical treatment in chronic nonrheumatoid cases. Their technique employs one-half of the extensor digitorum communis tendon as a tether on the central extensor tendon, recentralizing it over the metacarpophalangeal joint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kupcha
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013710:Tendons