Rupture of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon After Volar Fixed-Angle Plating of a Distal Radius Fracture: A Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 984-988

  Klug, Raymond A ^a   Press, Cyrus M ^a   Gonzalez, Mark H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; distal radius fracture; flexor pollicus longus (FPL); tendon; volar plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34548487815     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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