Wire Extrusion After Flexor Tendon Repair with a Multifilament Stainless Steel Cable-Crimp Suture System: A Case Report.

Abstract

CASE\nWe report the case of a 22-year-old man with a ruptured flexor tendon repair associated with wound drainage. The patient subsequently underwent flexor tendon revision with a multifilament stainless steel cable-crimp suture system. Two years after the revision repair, a blister ruptured over the patient s operative site, exposing the stainless steel wire from the revision repair. The wire was removed, and the patient regained full flexion.\n\n\nCONCLUSIONS\nAs extrusion of metallic suture material from the skin represents a complication, surgeons should be prepared to recognize this rare complication and to preoperatively counsel patients as to this risk.