Isolated traumatic avulsion of the flexor digitorum sublimis. A case report.
Like the FDP, the FDS may be avulsed at its insertion. The diagnosis can be made based on a history of resisted extension, palmar pain and tenderness, lack of FDS function, and inability to completely extend the DIP joint secondary to the looping affect of the FDS. In the seven reported cases of FDS rupture no surgical intervention was required. This case represents a case in which surgical intervention was required secondary to an isolated avulsion of the FDS in a football player.
Schnebel
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Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
Flesher
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Garcia-Moral
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D000328:Adult; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*