Rupture of flexor tendon following volar plate of distal radius fracture. Report of five cases

Chirurgie de la Main

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-113

  Valbuena, S E ^a   Cogswell, L K ^b   Baraziol, R ^b   Valenti, P ^b  

^a Hospital El Cruce   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUT DE LA MAIN   (France)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon rupture; Low profile plate; Radius fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; TENDON RUPTURE; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CAUSALITY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 77950689348     PISSN: 12973203     EISSN: 17696666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.main.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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