title: Rupture of all finger flexor tendons 17 years after a colles fracture: a case report.
abstract: A case with closed sequentional rupture of all flexor tendons of the fingers, 17 years after a Colles fracture is described. The repair with free tendon grafts resulted in a fair result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, K. U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Loon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology*; D014457:Ulna / Q000473:pathology; D014953:Wrist / Q000473:pathology