LaBarbiera A P, Solitto R J
Department of Podiatric Surgery, Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07662.
J Foot Surg. 1990 Sep-Oct;29(5):439-43.
A case history is presented of the repair of a neglected traumatic tendon laceration by the use of a permanent Silastic tendon implant, originally manufactured for hand surgery by a staged procedure. Stage I consists of implantation of the Silastic implant and allowance of a 2- to 3-month period for the production of a pseudosheath. Stage II consists of removal of the implant after using it to guide an auto- or allograft, through the newly formed pseudosheath for attachment to the anastomotic sites.
