Iris Cardoz Lobo, Sonali Manek, Krutika Bhosale, Chhaya Verma, Maksud Devale, Aditi Parekh, Priyanka Kerketta
Background Flexor tendon injury zone V is a multicomponent soft tissue injury involving tendons, nerves, and vessels. Outcome assessment of repair thus requires evaluation of the hand as a whole rather than solely evaluating tendon function. The purpose of this Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses -compliant systematic review was to identify and assess the components of outcome measures used in flexor zone V. Methods A total of 3,761 studies were retrieved from four databases (PubMed, ProQuest, Cochrane Central, and Google Scholar)...
December 2023: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery: Official Publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India