Flexor sheath dilatation with a Fogarty catheter.
The use of a Fogarty catheter to dilate a constricted flexor sheath is described. This relatively atraumatic method of dilating a constricted flexor sheath, may sometimes allow a one-stage rather than a two-stage tendon graft procedure.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*