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Flexor Tendon Repair

  – Anatomy: – on volar aspect of finger, FDP passes through FDS to insert on distal phalanx; – both long flexor tendons are tightly enclosed in common tendon sheath which corresponds to zone II; – anatomical proximity explains the development of adhesions between FDS & FDP tendons & digital fibrous sheaths following injury; – excursion … Read more

Flexor Tendon Repair Techniques: Core Suture Techniques

 – See: discussion flexor tendon repair: theory and modes of failure – Discussion:      – Kessler Repair:             – Kessler grasping stitch or similar core suture methods of flexor tendon repair are popular types of flexor tendon repair;              – references:                     – Complications After Flexor Tendon Repair: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  … Read more

Flexor Digitorum Brevis

      – See:       – Plantar Muscles of the Foot:       – Innerv. Musc. Lower Limb – Origin:      – medial process of the calcaneus, central part of the plantar aponeurosis, and the intermuscular septa;      – entire muscle belly is firmly united with the plantar aponeurosis; … Read more

Flexor Pollicis Brevis

    – Origin:     – superficial head: distal border of the flexor retinaculum;     – greater multangular bone tuberosity of the trapezium bone deep head;     – trapezoid and capitate bones; – Insertion: base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb; – Action:     – flexes proximal phalanx of the … Read more

Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis

origin: hamulus of the hamate bone and flexor retinaculum; insertion: ulnar side of the base of the proximal phalanx of 5th finger; action: flexes 5th digit at the metacarpophalengeal articulation; synergists: FDS, FDP, opponens digiti minimi; nerve supply: ulnar nerve: C8, T1; – Discussion:     – flexor brevis digiti minimi lies on volar surface … Read more