Attritional flexor tendon ruptures due to distal radius fracture and associated with volar displacement of the distal ulna: a case report.
Flexor tendon rupture following distal radius fractures are rare. In this report, a volarly displaced distal ulna that perforated the volar wrist capsule caused delayed flexor tendon ruptures 25 years after a distal radius fracture. The repair with free tendon graft and the excision of the distal ulna produced a successful result.
Wada
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Ihara
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Senba
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Nomura
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013997:Time Factors; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*