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Tendon repair - Recovery

Alternative Names

Repair of tendon

Expectations after surgery:

Most tendon repairs are successful, allowing full joint use.

Convalescence:

Tendon repairs can often be done in an outpatient setting. Hospital stays, if any, are short. Healing, however, can take as long as 6 weeks, during which the injured part may need to be immobilized in a splint or a cast.

Treatment after surgery is often needed, in order to minimize scar tissue and maximize use after repair.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/2/2006
  • Thomas N. Joseph, MD, Private Practice specializing in Orthopaedics, subspecialty Foot and Ankle, Camden Bone & Joint, Camden, SC. Reviewprovided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.