title: Open traumatic avulsion of the flexor pollicis longus tendon from the musculotendinous area: a case report.
abstract: A traumatic avulsion of the flexor tendon at the musculotendinous junction in nonamputated digits is a very rare injury. We present a 14-year-old girl who sustained a longitudinal, tensile, injurious force directly to the flexor pollicis longus tendon after an open thenar injury resulting in its avulsion at the musculotendinous junction. In an effort to minimize soft-tissue damage and preserve the transverse ligament of the carpus the tendon was retrieved through a separate forearm incision. Direct repair was made by encapsulation of the tendon into the muscle belly. The functional result 30 months after surgery was satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: A' Orthopaedic Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Exohi, 570 10, Thessaloniki, Greece. givissis@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Givissis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karataglis
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Terzidis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pournaras
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*