Year 2010 Vol. 18 No 1

TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPEDICS

V.P. DEYKALO, A.N. TOLSTIK, L.G. KRAVCHENKO, A.E. TSERKOVSKY

REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH INVETERATE DEGENERATIVE LACERATIONS OF THE EXTENSOR APPARATUS AT THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT LEVEL OF THE HAND FINGERS

The article is dedicated to the description of the approach to rehabilitation of patients with inveterate degenerative lacerations of the extensor mechanism of fingers at proximal interphalangeal joint level. It was determined that degenerative lacerations of the extensor mechanism develop at the age of over forty. The conservative treatment of such kind of lacerations is not effective and does not give the intended effect. The rehabilitation of that category of patients is the deal of specialists having special training in the field of hand surgery. The technique of restoration of the structure was presented and grounded in the article on the basis of rehabilitation experience of such patients in the clinic of traumatology, orthopedy and military surgery of EE “VSMU”, dependant on the state and level of degenerative lacerations of extensor mechanism. The methods of post-operative care are described.

Keywords: fingers of the hand, extensor apparatus, degenerative changes, rehabilitation
p. 61 - 66 of the original issue
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