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Restoring of hand function after flexor tendon injuries is one of the greatest challenges to hand surgeons and therapists especially injuries at zone II due involvement of synovial sheath and pulleys. There have been many post-operative protocols used in treating zone II injuries, such as Strickland’s and Kleinert protocol, however effective of these protocols in improving hand function is not yet established. Therefore, the objective of the study was to prospectively study the functional outcome of hand following zone II flexor tendon injuries using Strickland’s and Modified Kleinert post-operative protocols. The standard modified Kessler’s suture technique was used to repair 20 patients with zone II flexor tendon injuries of 35% of FDP and 65 % with FDS & FDP assigned into Kleinert (KG) and Strickland (SG) groups comprising 10 patients.

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