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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1971;53:769-773.
© 1971 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Transfer of the Long Flexor Tendon of the Index Finger to the Proximal Phalanx of the Long Finger During Index-Ray Amputation

WILLIAM W. EVERSMANN 1, WILLIAM E. BURKHALTER 2, and CLAIRE DUNN 3

1 Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. 20012
2 Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado 80240
3 Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii 96438

During the past three years the authors have used, in conjunction with indexray amputation, a tendon transfer of a flexor tendon of the index finger to the proximal phalanx of the long finger. A total of ten patients have undergone index-ray amputations combined with this transfer. In all but one patient the hand with the ray amputation maintained or increased strength in pulp-to-pulp or pulp-to-side pinch postoperatively. We continue to use this procedure and feel that it is a worth-while reconstructive procedure.


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