"when you have nothing, something is a lot"
J Bone Joint Surg, 1956, 38A : 1019-1024.
Fifty years ago, he stated :
- avoid wrist arthrodesis in order to retain tenodesis effects
- when wrist extension is preserved, use gravity to extend fingers, and perform a flexor tenodesis for grasp and pinch.
P.R. LISCOMB, E.C. ELKINS, E.D. HENDERSON (1958)
J Bone Joint Surg, 1958, 40A : 1071-1080.
In what is now called "group 5", they proposed a two-stage operation :
- 1st stage : ECRL to EDC and EPL transfer, and intrinsic palliative (Riordan tenodesis)
- 2nd stage : PT-to-FDP, BR-to-FPL, and FCR for opposition of the thumb.
D.M. STREET, H.D. STAMBAUGH (1959)
Clin Orthop, 1959, 13 : 155-163.
They described 6 techniques of finger flexor tenodesis into the radius. Today this procedure is exceptional.
V.L. NICKEL, J. PERRY, A.L. GARRETT (1963)
J Bone Joint Surg, 1963, 45A : 933-951.
They described a "flexor-hinge" hand, with multiple fingers arthrodesis. This irrealistic idea was never popular and is completely abandoned today.
