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Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand

CONTEXT: Staged flexor tendon reconstruction is most suitable treatment method for extensive zone II tendon injuries. The Hunter's rod used in this procedure is costly and not easily available, which adds to the miseries of both patients as well as treating surgeon. AIMS: The aim of this study...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Tawheed, Bashir, Sheikh Adil, Zaroo, Mohammad Inam, Wani, Adil Hafeez, Rashid, Saima, Jan, Summaira
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28216811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.197232
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author Ahmad, Tawheed
Bashir, Sheikh Adil
Zaroo, Mohammad Inam
Wani, Adil Hafeez
Rashid, Saima
Jan, Summaira
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Bashir, Sheikh Adil
Zaroo, Mohammad Inam
Wani, Adil Hafeez
Rashid, Saima
Jan, Summaira
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description CONTEXT: Staged flexor tendon reconstruction is most suitable treatment method for extensive zone II tendon injuries. The Hunter's rod used in this procedure is costly and not easily available, which adds to the miseries of both patients as well as treating surgeon. AIMS: The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of staged zone II flexor tendon repair using silicone Foley's catheter as a cheaper and readily available alternative to Hunter's rod. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy digits in 35 patients were treated by the staged flexor tendon reconstruction using silicone Foley's catheter in place of Hunter's rod, and the patients were followed for an average period of 18 months. Early controlled motion exercise protocol was instituted in all cases. RESULTS: As per the Strickland scale, total active motion obtained was excellent in 70%, good in 20%, fair in 7.1% and poor in 2.9% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Silicone Foley's catheter is cheaper, easily available and an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction procedure, yielding high rates of excellent and good results with fewer complications.
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spelling pubmed-52889062017-02-17 Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand Ahmad, Tawheed Bashir, Sheikh Adil Zaroo, Mohammad Inam Wani, Adil Hafeez Rashid, Saima Jan, Summaira Indian J Plast Surg Original Article CONTEXT: Staged flexor tendon reconstruction is most suitable treatment method for extensive zone II tendon injuries. The Hunter's rod used in this procedure is costly and not easily available, which adds to the miseries of both patients as well as treating surgeon. AIMS: The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of staged zone II flexor tendon repair using silicone Foley's catheter as a cheaper and readily available alternative to Hunter's rod. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy digits in 35 patients were treated by the staged flexor tendon reconstruction using silicone Foley's catheter in place of Hunter's rod, and the patients were followed for an average period of 18 months. Early controlled motion exercise protocol was instituted in all cases. RESULTS: As per the Strickland scale, total active motion obtained was excellent in 70%, good in 20%, fair in 7.1% and poor in 2.9% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Silicone Foley's catheter is cheaper, easily available and an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction procedure, yielding high rates of excellent and good results with fewer complications. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5288906/ /pubmed/28216811 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.197232 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Ahmad, Tawheed
Bashir, Sheikh Adil
Zaroo, Mohammad Inam
Wani, Adil Hafeez
Rashid, Saima
Jan, Summaira
Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
title Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
title_full Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
title_fullStr Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
title_full_unstemmed Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
title_short Silicone Foley's catheter as an effective alternative to Hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
title_sort silicone foley's catheter as an effective alternative to hunter's rod in staged flexor tendon reconstruction of the hand
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28216811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.197232
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