In addition to having similar flexor and extensor tendons, your thumb also has tendons allowing it to grasp objects and move ...

Scar tissue develops within the flexor sheath, decreasing the space available for the tendons. Late direct repair is most commonly performed in the thumb because some loss of tendon excursion and ...

Rupture or transection of the digital pulley may necessitate repair or reconstruction to treat symptomatic flexor tendon bowstringing. When reconstruction is necessary, intrasynovial tendon grafts ...