EM Principles Orthopedics
How to Treat Flexor Tendon Injury
You scan the board for your next patient in fast track when you see the chief complaint: hand laceration. Great! You grab your suture set and lidocaine (without epinephrine of course) and prepare for another quick “treat and street” and head to see the patient. Wrong. You realize there is a deep laceration to the palm side of the fingers and this may not be as simple as you once thought.