Flexor Carpi Radialis Tendon Rupture as a Complication of a Closed Distal Radius Fracture: A Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 818-820

  DiMatteo, Laura ^a   Wolf, Jennifer Moriatis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; flexor carpi radialis tendon rupture; flexor tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADULT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34250881654     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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