Birnie R H, Idler R S
Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis, USA.
J Hand Surg Am. 1995 Mar;20(2):254-7. doi: 10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80019-X.
This study aimed to determine whether there is an age below which flexor tenolysis may not be beneficial and whether there is any detriment to waiting for a more appropriate age. In this study, patients in their first decade had minimal improvement in their active flexion after flexor tenolysis. Six patients were tenolysed more than 1 year after their original operation and none appeared to have been compromised by the prolonged interval between injury repair and tenolysis. Significant improvement in active flexion after tenolysis can be confidently expected only in children over 11 years old.
本研究旨在确定是否存在一个年龄界限，低于该年龄进行屈指肌腱松解术可能并无益处，以及等待更合适的年龄进行手术是否会有任何不利影响。在本研究中，十岁以下的患者在屈指肌腱松解术后主动屈曲功能改善甚微。六名患者在初次手术后一年多进行了肌腱松解术，似乎没有一例因损伤修复与肌腱松解术之间的间隔延长而受到影响。只有11岁以上的儿童在肌腱松解术后有望实现主动屈曲功能的显著改善。
