| Title | Flexor digitorum profundus tendon rupture associated with distal radius fracture malunion: a case report. | | Author(s) | Ishii T, Ikeda M, Kobayashi Y, Mochida J, Oka Y | | Institution | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. | | Source | Hand Surg 2009; 14(1):35-8. | | Abstract | We present a case of subcutaneous flexor tendon rupture of the index finger following malunion of a distal radius fracture. The cause of the tendon rupture was mechanical attrition due to a bony prominence at the palmar joint rim in the distal radius due to malunion. Corrective osteotomy and the Sauvé-Kapandji procedure were carried out for the wrist pain and forearm rotation disability and a tendon graft was carried out for the flexor tendon rupture. Recovery was satisfactory. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19598320 |
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