title: Flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture after volar plating of a distal radius fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery; Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; 4940 Eastern Avenue; Baltimore, Md. 21224; slifche1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lifchez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*