Rupture of flexor pollicis longus tendon: a complication of volar plating of the distal radius.

1 March 1998

journal article
case report
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 80 (2), 225-226
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.80b2.8351

Abstract

We report three complete ruptures and one partial rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon in association with the insertion of a volar plate for the treatment of fracture of the distal radius. Rupture was associated with the chronic use of steroids.

Keywords

TREATMENT
STEROIDS
TENDON
PARTIAL RUPTURE
POLLICIS LONGUS
FLEXOR POLLICIS

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