Early Intervention With Tendon Transfer Is Usually Not Warranted In Areas With Open Wounds

Abstract

Six weeks after the reconstruction, passive extension exercises of the thumb were started. At 6-month follow-up, the patient had no complaints and had returned to his former job, despite slight residual muscle weakness of the FPL. Te patient regained the full range of thumb interphalangeal joint fexion–extension. At 2-year follow-up, the patient had acquired 88% of pinch strength compared with the contralateral hand and scored 11.4 on QuickDASH score.