title: An alternate graft for staged flexor tendon reconstruction.
abstract: We describe the novel use of semitendinosus as a tendon graft for 2-stage flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) reconstruction. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of a hamstring tendon graft in this setting. The FDP of two digits were reconstructed in a 30 year-old male who presented 18 years after the original injury. The semitendinosus was chosen as a graft as the traditional grafts were deemed inappropriate. The result of the operation is convincing, and we suggest the semitendinosus tendon to be considered an option for FDP reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic surgery, Maroondah Hospital, Eastern Health, Davey Drive, Ringwood East, VIC 3135 Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Low
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic surgery, Maroondah Hospital, Eastern Health, Davey Drive, Ringwood East, VIC 3135 Australia.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Fahy
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic surgery, Maroondah Hospital, Eastern Health, Davey Drive, Ringwood East, VIC 3135 Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frisken
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic surgery, Maroondah Hospital, Eastern Health, Davey Drive, Ringwood East, VIC 3135 Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mann
keywords: Flexor tendon reconstruction; Hamstring tendon graft; Semitendinosus; Staged reconstruction; Tendon graft