Tendon repair is surgery done to treat a torn or otherwise damaged tendon. Tendons are the soft, band-like tissues that connect muscles to bone. When the muscles contract, the tendons pull the bones ...

After receiving an FDA clearance for its mechanical tendon repair implant late last month, CoNextions Medical reported it has successfully treated its first person with the system, using it to help ...

Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand also showed inflammation and/or damage to hand tendons, a single-center study indicated. Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement of at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A coupler device designed to mitigate the risk of repair rupture after zone 2 flexor tendon repairs was ...

The human hand is an intricate system comprised of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels. When injury occurs—or congenital deformities, tumors, infections, or other medical ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Claw hand deformity is a condition where your fingers are bent into a position that looks like a claw. It may affect all of your fingers or only some of them. The cause is usually related to damage to ...

Did you know you can get carpal tunnel surgery in just 20 to 30 minutes—without anesthesia? You can even drive yourself home afterward. “I tell patients it’s 30 minutes door-to-door,” said Dr. Michael ...

In a discovery that seems counterintuitive, a study appearing in the May 21st Journal of Biological Chemistry has found that tendons in high-stress and strain areas, like the Achilles tendon, actually ...