Reconstruction of the extensor central slip using a distally based flexor digitorum superficialis slip.
Several methods have been reported for reconstruction of the extensor central slip. We describe the successful use of a distally based slip of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon for the reconstruction of an incompetent central slip of the extensor mechanism. The flexor digitorum superficialis tendon was transferred from volar to dorsal through the base of the middle phalanx and then woven through the extensor tendon over the proximal phalanx. The technique is straightforward and appears to be robust.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
Fateh
F
Ahmad
Mark
M
Pickford
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*