An important part of hand injuries are tendon incisions. Flexor tendons of fingers and extensor tendons are affected on incisions on volar side of hands and wrists.
After tendon incisions, primary repair, secondary repair, 2-stage tendon reconstruction or grafting operations can be performed.
The goal of rehabilitation after tendon surgery, control of edema, scarring, treatment of pain and hypersensitivity, proper orthosis, proper exercise program, preventing separation and rupture between repaired tendon ends, creating tendon movement and tendon strength necessary for daily life activities form.
In tendon healing after tendon surgery, nutrition occurs both by blood and cell flow from the adhesions between the tendon and the surrounding tissue, and by synovial fluid flow through the epithenon and endotenone pathways from the tendon ends.
