title: Rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon after wrist trauma.
abstract: In the period of 1976 to 1997 our clinic treated 33 patients after Colles fracture with ruptured extensor pollicis longus tendon. The occurrence of functional loss was observed after the trauma in 3 to 9 weeks. In 30 cases the surgical treatment of extensor indicis proprius tendon, in 2 cases a direct suture of the ruptured tendon was performed as a primary repair and in one patient a palmaris longus interposition was utilised.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Unfallchirurgie, Wien, Austria
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Orljanski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaterrer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schurz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schabus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000601:surgery*