[Effectiveness of the rehabilitation of patients with combined injuries of the flexor tendons and nerves of the fingers]. / Effektivnost' reabilitatsii bol'nykh s sochetannoi travmoi sukhozhilii sgibatelei i nervov pal'tsev kisti.

On the basis of a comparative analysis of results of the early (71 patients) and late (128 patients) rehabilitative treatment of injured tendons of flexors and nerves at the level of the lower third of the forearm and hand articulation it was established that early treatment resulted in more complete restoration of the extremity function and working capacity of the patients.

[Errors in the treatment of combined injury to the flexor tendons nerves of the fingers and hand]. / Oshibki v lechenii sochetannoi travmy sukhozhilii sgibatelei i nervov pal'tsev i kisti.

An analysis of errors in the treatment of combined traumas of the flexor tendons and nerves of the fingers and the hand in patients admitted for the restorative therapy of the Kazan Scientific Research Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology within the period from 1969 to 1977 is presented. All the errors are subdivided into diagnostic errors, those due to the surgical technique, and connected with the rehabilitation period. A number of organizational suggestions are set forth on the grounds of the obtained findings.