title: Locked finger due to foreign body in the flexor sheath.
abstract: A patient is described in whom a wooden splinter penetrated the finger and impaled the flexor tendons. It was pulled out but part remained inside and the finger could not be moved until an operation was performed and the remaining part of the splinter removed.
authors.affiliation: Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajasekaran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006225:Hand; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000150:complications; D013710:Tendons