title: Outcomes and evaluation of flexor tendon repair.
abstract: This article reviews recent reports of outcomes of flexor tendon repair and discusses the problems associated with such surgeries. Reports of no repair rupture in individual case series have emerged recently. Their results move toward the clinical goal of primary repair without repair rupture. The Strickland method remains the most common to record the outcomes. Outcomes should be provided by subzones of the tendon injuries, and the level of expertise of the surgeons expertise should be reported to allow comparisons of the results.
authors: Department of Hand Surgery, The Hand Surgery Research Center, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 West Temple Road, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China. jinbotang@yahoo.com
authors: Jin Bo
authors: JB
authors: Tang
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology