FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely traumatology and orthopaedics. Tendon allografts are fixed transosseously on a radial side of proximal phalanxes. The allografts are delivered under a deep transverse metacarpal ligament from each joint respectively. They are closed with tension sufficient to keep a finger in a correct position.
EFFECT: method provides restored finger axis, improved hand performance, preserved surfaces of metacarpophalangeal joints.
1 ex, 5 dwg
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Dates
2012-04-20—Published
2010-08-13—Filed