This week we are going to discuss a very complex condition that is called the extensor tendon laceration of the hand or thumb ... needs a four-week period in a splint to prevent motion of the ...

Implant: Instead of a tendon graft ... Expect to wear it for about a month, followed by a splint for another four to six weeks. Gentle thumb movements may begin once your cast is taken off.

A mallet finger is an injury in which ... almost always successfully treated with a splint that hyperextends the fingertip, allowing the extensor tendon to heal on its own. Surgery is only ...

We have discussed in the past some procedures for basilar joint arthritis of the thumb and we have discussed ... It is a partial thickness flexor carpi radialis tendon autograft which is used ...