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Use Of A Bioresorbable Polylactide Sheet On Tendon Healing After Extensor Tendon Repair

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May 2025

Use Of A Bioresorbable Polylactide Sheet On Tendon Healing After Extensor Tendon Repair

Vol: 307| Issue: 5| Number:40| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Use of a bioresorbable polylactide sheet (OrthoWrap(®) Bioresorbable sheet) on tendon healing after extensor tendon repair: a controlled clinical trial.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2025 Jan 2;26:1.

Contributing Authors:
AA Tafti H Mohammadi M Rezaei SHS Bonadaki

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Synopsis

Eighty-five patients with extensor zone VI tendon lacerations were randomized to receive standard extensor tendon repair with OrthoWrap® (n = 42) or without OrthoWrap® (n = 43). The primary outcome was extension lag at the metacarpophalangeal joint. Secondary outcomes included MP joint flexion, pain assessed via VAS score, and tendon mobility graded by the Strickland classification. Outcomes were ...

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