Get Virtual Care
Tendon laceration
A tendon laceration is a cut or ripped tendon. This typically causes reduction in motion of the bone that the tendon is connected to.
Dr. Evan Sorokin reviewed this
25 year experience in Plastic Surgery
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Body locations
Medications
Procedures
Other treatments
Related questions
A 37-year old asked:
How much should I get off work due to tendon laceration?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
When is surgery necessary for a partial tendon laceration?
4 doctor answers • 11 doctors weighed in
A 48-year old asked:
Is surgery necessary for a partial tendon laceration or does it heal back together on its own?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 45-year old asked:
What is the treatment for tendon laceration?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 26-year old asked:
What kind of doctor sees somebody for tendon laceration?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 41-year old asked:
Do doctors see a lot of patients with tendon laceration?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
A 35-year old asked:
How can I help finger tendon laceration?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 29-year old asked:
Hand surgeon needed to help finger tendon laceration?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A member asked:
Do i need to get my arm x-rayed? I was in a car wreck two months ago and i had a rather deep laceration on my arm. It was cut to the tendons and bone, but nothing is broken. The cut is now healed and its a scar that looks like a red abrasion. My arm is st
4 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
A 19-year old male asked:
Do I have to be cleared by my doctor to play basketball? I had a hand laceration on the top of my hand that severed my pinke and wrist tendon and had to have them surgerically repaired. I had a check up yesterday and the doctor says they are healing fine
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 46-year old asked:
What is another name for a tendon?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 68-year old asked:
Can you tear a tendon in your foreman?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 42-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of a tore tendon?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
How to help someone with inflamed tendons?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: tendon?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 48-year old female asked:
How does calcium build up on tendons?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 33-year old asked:
What can someone do for a torn tendon?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 31-year old asked:
What are some symptoms of a torn tendon?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
A 42-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have visible neck tendons?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
Can a person have a laceration internally and wouldn't know?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 45-year old asked:
Can I use a tens machine on tendons?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old asked:
How to know if my tendon is ruptured?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 45-year old asked:
Achilles' tendons problems, what to do?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 65-year old male asked:
What is achilles' tendon transfercsurgery?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old male asked:
What is the idc 9 code for a healed laceration?
3 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
What are the telltale signs of Achilles tendon?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 46-year old asked:
What are the signs of a popped Achilles tendon?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 29-year old asked:
What are the symptoms for a torn patella tendon?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A member asked about a male:
How do you treat a pulled tendons in your biceps?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 33-year old asked:
Why is laceration reopening after stitches removed?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
