Staged Digital Flexor Tendon Reconstruction Sebastian C. Peers Kevin J. Malone DEFINITION Staged flexor tendon reconstruction is required in the settings of delayed diagnosis of a flexor digitorum profundus (FDP)…
Tenolysis following Injury and Repair of Digital Flexor Tendons David Netscher Kate Kuhlman-Wood DEFINITION Before the late 1960s, tendon repair within the flexor sheath was so wrought with complications (mainly…
Surgical Treatment for Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Subluxation David H. MacDonald Thomas R. Hunt III DEFINITION Extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) subluxation occurs when the separate subsheath of the sixth dorsal compartment…
Repair of Acute Digital Flexor Tendon Disruptions Christopher H. Allan Matthew Iorio DEFINITION Flexor tendon injuries can occur in any of the five described zones within the finger, hand, wrist,…
Lunotriquetral Ligament Repair and Augmentation Eric R. Wagner Alexander Y. Shin DEFINITION Isolated injury of the lunotriquetral (LT) interosseous ligament complex is less common and less well understood compared with…
Open Treatment of Medial Epicondylitis Peter J. Evans Sebastian C. Peers DEFINITION Medial epicondylitis involves tendinosis at the origin of the flexor-pronator mass. It is commonly referred to as golfer’s…
Tenodesis for Treatment of Scapholunate Instability Marc García-Elías Angel Ferreres DEFINITION Scapholunate dissociation (SLD) is a symptomatic wrist dysfunction that results from partial or total rupture of the scapholunate ligamentous…
Capsulodesis for Treatment of Scapholunate Instability Angel Ferreres Marc García-Elías Andrew Chin DEFINITION Scapholunate dissociation (SLD) is the rupture of the anatomic linkage between the scaphoid and lunate and its…
Distal Biceps Tendon Disruptions: Acute and Delayed Reconstruction and One- and Two-Incision Techniques Matt Noyes Edwin E. Spencer Jr. ANATOMY Mean length of the distal biceps insertion is 22 to…
Open and Arthroscopic Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis Abhishek Julka Peter J. Evans DEFINITION Lateral epicondylitis involves tendinosis at the origin of the common wrist extensors. It is commonly referred to…
