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<blockquote data-quote="1BROWNWRENCH" data-source="post: 1310008" data-attributes="member: 30128">The surgeon told me the reason for the zigzag was something else.Something about how it heals with skin contracting. My flexor tendon blew through the pulley ligaments, so I couldn&#039;t curl that finger up. Being able to fully close my hand was important, so there it is. They did an &quot;autograft&quot; (ha!-auto!) and removed a tendon from my wrist to rebuild the blown out pulleys. Two turns in the middle and three in front of the knuckle. The tendon fix is a lot thicker and harder, so it doesn&#039;t compress as much. Feels weird when pressure is on it as a result. Took a lot of physical therapy and splints to get it up to usability and reasonable straightness. My whole arm felt like it had been slammed in a door for a few days. The oxy didn&#039;t help.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/sad.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad2:" title="Sad&nbsp; &nbsp; :sad2:" data-shortname=":sad2:" />I wonder how the first one of these procedures turned out!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="1BROWNWRENCH, post: 1310008, member: 30128"] The surgeon told me the reason for the zigzag was something else.Something about how it heals with skin contracting. My flexor tendon blew through the pulley ligaments, so I couldn't curl that finger up. Being able to fully close my hand was important, so there it is. They did an "autograft" (ha!-[I]auto!)[/I] and removed a tendon from my wrist to rebuild the blown out pulleys. Two turns in the middle and three in front of the knuckle. The tendon fix is a lot thicker and harder, so it doesn't compress as much. Feels weird when pressure is on it as a result. Took a lot of physical therapy and splints to get it up to usability and reasonable straightness. My whole arm felt like it had been slammed in a door for a few days. The oxy didn't help.:sad2: I wonder how the first one of these procedures turned out! [/QUOTE]

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