Omar Mohamed Abdelmaksoud Nouh <br/><br/>
Evaluation of the role of local injection of hyaluronic acid in primary repair of zone 2 flexor tendon injuries /  
 تقييم دور حقن حمض الهيالورنيك أثناء إصلاح إصابات أوتار اليد القابضة فى المنطقة الثانية اصلاحا أوليا 
Omar Mohamed Abdelmaksoud Nouh ; Supervised Sayed Ahmed Marei , Khaled Makeen Elrefaei , Youssif Ahmed Khachaba 
 - Cairo :   Omar Mohamed Abdelmaksoud Nouh ,   2014 
 - 109 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery 
<br/><br/> This is a randomized control trial that was conducted on 43 patients with a total of 62 injured flexor tendons in zone II that were scheduled for primary repair. Patients were assigned to two groups A and B. Group A digits were injected with hyaluronic acid intraoperatively and at weekly intervals afterwards making a total of 3 injections. Results demonstrated that group A patients had a better functional outcome according to Strickland criteria and that hyaluronic acid was effective on minimizing adhesions. However, Group A patients had higher complication rate particularly infection 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Flexor tendon Hand injuries Zone II