FLEXOR TENOLYSIS IN CHILDREN

This study aimed to determine whether there is an age below which flex or tenolysis may not be beneficial and whether there is any detriment to waiting for a more appropriate age. In this study, patients in thei r first decade had minimal improvement in their active flexion after f lexor tenolysis. Six patients were tenolysed more than 1 year after th eir original operation and none appeared to have been compromised by t he prolonged interval between injury repair and tenolysis. Significant improvement in active flexion after tenolysis can be confidently expe cted only in children over 11 years old.