Flexor tendon grafting. the use of a modified Hunter's technique
Foucher, G.; Merle, M.; Sibilly, A.; Michon, J.
Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l'Appareil Moteur 64(8): 703-705
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1040 PMID: 154150 Document Number: 133881
The authors describe a modification of Hunter's technique of flexor tendon grafting. The operation is performed in two stages. At the first stage, a silastic prosthesis is inserted and the proximal end of the flexor digitorum profundus is sutured to the tendon of palmaris longus. This suture will represent the proximal suture of the future graft. At the second stage, six weeks later, the palmaris longus is divided proximally and the graft is passed distally to be sutured to the terminal phalanx. This modified technique allows a gain in time, a better blood supply to the graft and a safer proximal suture.