The commonest paralytic deformity in leprosy is the claw deformity of the fingers. Many surgical procedures have been described and are practiced to correct this deformity, but none is free from complications. A modification of the Zancolli lasso operation in which only half of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon of the middle finger was used as the motor is described and a comparative study of this and the conventional procedure was carried out in 70 hands in 70 patients. The results suggest that the modification is technically simpler, with comparable results to those of the conventional procedure and fewer complications.
BT - The Journal of hand surgery, European volume C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18687838?dopt=Abstract DA - 2008 Aug DO - 10.1177/1753193408090768 IS - 4 J2 - J Hand Surg Eur Vol LA - eng N2 -The commonest paralytic deformity in leprosy is the claw deformity of the fingers. Many surgical procedures have been described and are practiced to correct this deformity, but none is free from complications. A modification of the Zancolli lasso operation in which only half of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon of the middle finger was used as the motor is described and a comparative study of this and the conventional procedure was carried out in 70 hands in 70 patients. The results suggest that the modification is technically simpler, with comparable results to those of the conventional procedure and fewer complications.
PY - 2008 SP - 494 EP - 500 T2 - The Journal of hand surgery, European volume TI - Claw-finger correction in leprosy using half of the flexor digitorum superficialis. VL - 33 SN - 1753-1934 ER -