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Flexor tendon repair
Why are we operating?
Rejoining a cut flexor tendon inside its tight fibrous tunnel, then the paradox: a repair that must be strong enough to move on day one, because stillness is what ruins it.
Indication: Flexor tendon division in the hand or wrist; classically a knife or glass across the flexor surface.
The operation in 4 steps
01Exploration
02Assessing the zone
03The repair
04Closure and early protected motion
Watch it done
Flexor tendon repair techniques
Core suture configurations and the epitendinous stitch, drawn and compared.
Source: Hand, Plastic, Reconstructive and Nerve Surgery · Watch on YouTubeFlexor tendon rehabilitation
The hand therapy that decides the result: early active motion protocol.
Source: University Hospitals Birmingham · Watch on YouTube
Conceptual teaching for learners preparing to observe and assist under supervision, not operative instructions. Five minutes from now you should know why this operation exists, what its shape is, and which structures it is designed not to injure.