Delayed rupture of flexor pollicis longus after volar plating for a distal radius fracture

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-328

  Cho, Chul Hyun ^a   Lee, Kyung Jae ^a   Song, Kwang Soon ^a   Bae, Ki Cheor ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delayed rupture; Distal radius fracture; Flexor pollicis longus; Volar plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; COMPRESSION PLATE; DEBRIDEMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIUS FRACTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

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

EID: 84870026554     PISSN: 2005291X     EISSN: 20054408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2012.4.4.325     Document Type: Article

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