Moving the tension level of tendon disruption to the finger pulp resulted in no ruptures and the ability for patients to quickly begin a postoperative rehabilitation program, according to this study ...

After receiving an FDA clearance for its mechanical tendon repair implant late last month, CoNextions Medical reported it has successfully treated its first person with the system, using it to help ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alafair Biosciences, the leader in non-collagenous soft tissue protection technology, today announced it has enrolled the first patient in a clinical ...

Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand also showed inflammation and/or damage to hand tendons, a single-center study indicated. Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement of at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A coupler device designed to mitigate the risk of repair rupture after zone 2 flexor tendon repairs was ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

The human hand is an intricate system comprised of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels. When injury occurs—or congenital deformities, tumors, infections, or other medical ...

ALTHOUGH restorative hand surgery is correctly regarded as having been developed primarily in military centers, repair of flexor tendons, one of the most frequent and difficult problems in civilian ...

A major challenge in tendon injury is the weak intrinsic healing capacity of tendon that may cause rupture of the repair after surgery. Growth factors are believed to be critical during tendon healing ...

TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors guard Anthony Parker had surgery Wednesday to repair an injured extensor tendon in the middle finger of his right hand. The surgery was performed in Toronto by Dr. Brent ...