I was misdiagnosed 6 months ago with torn DIP ligaments instead of a complete rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon. I just got back from a consultation with a hand surgeon (after getting several "2nd opinions" from different general orthopedic surgeons). He said that in order to restore some movement to my DIP joint, he would have to graft a tendon from my wrist to reconnect the torn FDP which has just retracted to the PIP joint. I asked him if he would highly recommend the surgery since all of the orthopedic surgeons I visited discouraged such surgery because of the "scarring" that it would create. He said that he would recommend it to me because I was still relatively young and may require mobility to my DIP joint for my activities, although the mobility that may be restored would definitely not be 100%.

I would really prefer to gain back some mobility for my ring finger. However, I am scared that the "scarring" may affect my PIP joint which thankfully still has about 80% mobility (due to the swelling that never subsided), or that the surgery may yield no significant improvement on the DIP joint. I already discussed these concerns with the hand surgeon. I would say that he is a man of few words and he didn't really go into detail explaining what I wanted to know. He just basically said that although movement would be restricted due to the scarring that it would cause, at least I would have the use of these joint again. My parents, who are very much supportive of me, still doubts that surgery would be beneficial to me since an orthopedic surgeon who is a very close family friend discourages it. I was hoping to get any sort of opinion you might have with my case. Thank you so much for you time.