TREATMENT OF THE CHRONIC BOUTONNIERE DEFORMITY BY EXTENSOR TENOTOMY

Authors
MEADOWS SE SCHNEIDER LH SHERWYN JH
Citation
Se. Meadows et al., TREATMENT OF THE CHRONIC BOUTONNIERE DEFORMITY BY EXTENSOR TENOTOMY, Hand clinics, 11(3), 1995, pp. 441-447
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Hand clinics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490712
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
441 - 447
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0712(1995)11:3<441:TOTCBD>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A patient with a chronic boutonniere deformity often experiences more difficulty because of the hyperextension deformity at the distal joint , rather than the lack of extension at the proximal interphalangeal jo int. It is in these cases that restoration of flexion at the terminal joint by tenotomy of the terminal extensor tendon is of most value.