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01-02-2007 | Original Paper

A technique for re-insertion following flexor tendon injuries in zone 1 using Mitek bone anchors

Authors: Shailesh Vadodaria, Allan Ponniah, James McFetrich, Catherine Preston, Robert Page

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 6/2007

Abstract

A technique for re-insertion of flexor digitorum profundus to the distal phalanx using Mitek bone anchors is described. In our series of seven procedures, there was no rupture of the repair. Internal fixation with Mitek bone anchors is reliable and has two main advantages of having no external component (e.g. button) and facilitating early mobilization.

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Title: A technique for re-insertion following flexor tendon injuries in zone 1 using Mitek bone anchors
Authors: Shailesh Vadodaria
Allan Ponniah
James McFetrich
Catherine Preston
Robert Page
Publication date: 01-02-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 6/2007
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-006-0087-5

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A technique for re-insertion following flexor tendon injuries in zone 1 using Mitek bone anchors

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