title: Flexor tendon repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Flexor tendon injury is a common problem that plastic surgeons are called on to treat. Despite their common nature, they present a challenge, not necessarily in the surgical treatment per se but in the ability to achieve a "normal" finger as the end result. Because of the difficulty in attaining good outcomes, much continues to be studied and written about flexor tendon injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  The current literature on flexor tendon repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction is reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Aspects reviewed include type of anesthesia, suture material and configuration, repairs in the different flexor tendon zones, types of tendon rehabilitation, complications of flexor tendon surgery, and flexor tendon reconstruction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review provides an update on the current standards in the treatment of flexor tendon injury.
authors.affiliation: Seattle, Wash. From the Division of Plastic Surgery and the University of Washington Medicine Hand Center, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Brinkley K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sandvall
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuhlman-Wood
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Recor
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Friedrich
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*