Flexor Sheath Dilatation with a Fogarty Catheter

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2002 English Publisher:SAGE PublicationsJournal:Journal of Hand Surgery, volume 27, pages 487-488 (issn: 0266-7681,

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Authors: W T, Jarvis; A C, Campbell; S, Sinha;

doi: 10.1054/jhsb.2002.0771

pmid: 12367551

Flexor Sheath Dilatation with a Fogarty Catheter

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Abstract

The use of a Fogarty catheter to dilate a constricted flexor sheath is described. This relatively atraumatic method of dilating a constricted flexor sheath, may some times allow a one-stage rather than a two-stage tendon graft procedure.

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NHS Lanarkshire
United Kingdom
Monklands Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Adult, Fingers, Male, Tendons, Humans, Constriction, Pathologic, Catheterization

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