Flexor pollicis longus tendon ruptures after palmar plate fixation of fractures of the distal radius

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-474

  Casaletto, John A ^a,b   Machin, D ^a   Leung, R ^a   Brown, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Specialist Registrar Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Flexor pollicis longus; Palmar plating; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; TENDON GRAFT; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 69049095148     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408100964     Document Type: Article

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