A 32-year-old man had a sharp laceration of the FDS and FDP tendons of the right index finger in zone 2. Repair was done 3 days after injury, and the patient was begun on the Chow protocol.

Late direct repair of a lacerated flexor tendon is a tendon repair performed 3 weeks after injury. When direct repair is performed late, contraction of the musculotendonous unit makes it difficult ...