title: Flexor tendon injuries of children in zone 2 (FDS repair or not).
abstract: Twenty flexor tendons in 13 children with a mean age of 7 years old (range from 9 months to 14 years) were treated by primary suture between 1994-1999. Both tendons were repaired in 12 (60%) digits and only FDP in 8 (40%) with excision of FDS. Mean follow-up was 19 months (from 6 to 55 months). In the 12 fingers with FDS repair, the results were excellent in 2, good in 4, fair in 3 and poor in 3. In the 8 fingers with FDS excision, 2 rated excellent, 5 good and 1 poor. In conclusion, repair of FDP alone with regional excision of FDS simplifies the operative procedure and reduces the number of tendon sutures inside the sheath.
authors.affiliation: Karaelmas University Medicine Faculty, Orhopaedics and Traumatology Department, Zonguldak, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuncay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ege
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tosun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*