[Late results of severe flexor tendon injuries of the hand after producing tendon-sheath from a vein (author's transl)].

In 1975 one of the authors published a new procedure of reconstruction of severe flexor tendon injuries in the Verdan 2 Zone: a flexor-tendon plasty combined with the reconstruction of tendon sheaths from a vein. In a follow-up study of 54 cases the authors evaluated results from 1-6 years perspectively by means of two methods. Two thirds of their cases are classified as "excellent" or "good". The evaluation by means of two methods provides interesting comparisons. The authors support the evaluating method of Buck-Gramcko, Dietrich and Gögge, and they particularly stress the necessity of registering preoperative states in evaluating results of the flexor tendon injuries.