ABSTRACT
This chapter describes different types of late extensor mechanism reconstruction, from forearm to fingertip. Late extensor tendon reconstruction proximal to the dorsal apparatus of the digits is in many ways similar to reconstruction for radial nerve palsy (see Chapter 10); the main difference is the risk of scarring and adhesion after injuries. In the fingers, the functional complexity of the extensor mechanism can result in late tendon imbalance, in many ways similar to rheumatoid deformities (see Chapter 36).
