[Treatment of injuries of the tendons of digital flexors].

An experience with functional and physical and physical therapy employed postoperatively in 525 patients with injuries of 752 digital flexor tendons is reported. A primary suture on flexor tendons after the V.I. Rozov technic within the boundaries of the synovial-aponeurotic sheath was put on 252 fingers in 183 patients. Homoplasty of digital flexor tendons was performed in 342 patients (500 fingers), terms of the injury being from 2 months to 15 years. Studies of late results in 382 patients on 535 fingers enabled to conclude that along with an operative procedure one should provide the conditions for an early functioning of the muscle and operated tendon per se. Therapeutic exercises associated with massage, physical and labour therapy seem to be a decisive factor in the complex of postoperative measures.