IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Tendons link muscles and bones together. The hand is unique because many of the muscles that control the bones in your fingers and wrists are located in your forearm. The tendons and muscles in your ...

Tendons control the movement of the hand, wrists and fingers. Orthopedic hand surgeon Dr. Edward Chan of Queens Medical Center, West O’ahu identified the common hand and wrist tendon-related problems.

We often focus on tendons when there is some damage to them. In today’s article we take a closer look at tendons and for that purpose we produce excerpts of an interview done with Dr. Shashanka ...

Using a chicken model, Peterson et al [1] compared the outcomes of complete sheath excision alone and with primary sheath repair, sheath closure with a fascial patch, and sheath reconstruction with a ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alafair Biosciences, Inc., a medical device company redefining soft-tissue protection in orthopedic surgery, announced today the first clinical use of its ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alafair Biosciences Inc., an emerging medical device company, announced today that it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market and sell its tendon product, ...