Can adults do flexor tendon lengthening

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When I played ball with my friends before, I broke the flexor digitorum profundum tendon and went to the hospital for flexor digitorum tendon lengthening. But now it's more than a month after the operation, and my fingers still can't be straightened. I'm really worried. Today, let me learn with you whether the next adult can do flexor tendon lengthening.

Can adults do flexor tendon lengthening

First, after repair, part of the movement is insufficient, which is related to tendon injury. But it can be completely recovered by exercising slowly. For the future impact, the key is to see the situation of exercise. It is impossible to completely return to the normal situation. It is only possible to improve the symptoms, which are better than before.

Second, the tendon is not as long as it used to be, so it can't bend. Second, even if it's the same length, but because it's injured, its elasticity is not good. At this time, we should pay more attention to exercise, increase its elasticity, and add some foods to increase its elasticity, such as collagen protein and VC foods and fruits.

Third: can do tendon lengthening, general use fascia lata or Iliotibial bundle to do lengthening is good. It's OK in the regular Grade-A hospitals. It's hard to say the specific recovery time. After all, this extension is a kind of foreign body and the recovery is slow.

matters needing attention

According to the different causes and conditions of injury, different repair methods were used. Flexor tendon and flexor carpi tendon transposition or tendon lengthening, elbow flexion, wrist extension, finger extension, forearm plaster external fixation, and hand function exercise 4 weeks after operation were helpful for postoperative recovery.