What Are the Different Treatments for a Finger Tendon Injury?

The tendon injuries of the hand are mostly open, with many cutting injuries, often combined with digital nerve injuries or fractures, and may also have closed tears. Since the internal hand muscles are still intact, the metacarpophalangeal joint flexion is not affected.

Basic Information

English name

hand tendon injury

Visiting department

orthopedics

Common locations

hand

Common causes

Cut wound

Common symptoms

Joints lose mobility, weakness and pain during resistance tests

Causes of hand tendon injuries

Incision injuries are more common, often combined with nerve injuries or fractures.

Clinical manifestations of hand tendon injury

After a tendon rupture, the corresponding joint loses its function. If the deep flexor tendon ruptures, the distal interphalangeal joint cannot be flexed; if the deep and shallow flexor tendons are ruptured, the distal and proximal interphalangeal joints cannot flex.

Different parts of the extensor tendon are broken, and their corresponding joints cannot be extended, and deformities can occur. Sometimes the tendon is not completely broken, although the joint can still move, but it is weak and painful during the resistance test.

Hand tendon injury treatment

As long as conditions allow, such as the wound within 12 hours, the wound is more tidy, the pollution is not heavy, the tendon has no or small defects, etc., you should strive to suture the tendon early.

The biggest problem of tendon surgery is postoperative tendon adhesion, which has not yet been well solved. If the principle of tendon injury treatment is followed during surgery, "non-invasive" operation techniques are adopted, the tendon repair method is proficient, and early postoperative functional exercise can reduce adhesions and obtain better results.