Relative Motion Extension Splint after Extensor Tendon Reconstruction

Egemen Ayhan; Ozge Buket Arslan; Kadir Cevik; Cigdem Oksuz

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1761222

Relative Motion Extension Splint after Extensor Tendon Reconstruction

J Hand Microsurg. 2024 Apr 16;16(1):100020. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761222. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Egemen Ayhan¹, Ozge Buket Arslan², Kadir Cevik³, Cigdem Oksuz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hand Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hand Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 38854382
PMCID: PMC11127533 (available on 2025-04-16)
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761222

Abstract

Recently, the wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) technique and relative motion extension (RME) splint changed practice in extensor tendon reconstruction and therapy. We wanted to share our approach for zones 5 to 8 extensor tendon management following the up-to-date developments. The impacts of surgery under WALANT and early active motion therapy with RME splinting were explained frankly and shown in several videos throughout the article.

Keywords: WALANT; extensor tendon; hand therapy; relative motion splint; yoke splint.