title: [Flexor tendon rupture after palmar osteosynthesis using a multidirectional fixed-angle plate].
abstract: Six months after the internal fixation of a distal intra-articular fracture of the radius with a fixed-angle plate (APTUS by Medartis), a 79 year old woman sustained chronic tears in flexor digitorum profundus tendons II, III and the flexor pollicis longus tendon.
authors.affiliation: SRO Langenthal, Orthopädie--Traumatologie, St. Urbanstrasse 67, 4900 Langenthal, Schweiz. b.hohendorff@sro.ch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hohendorff
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kurzen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000601:surgery*