title: Rupture of flexor tendons as a complication of a distal radius fracture.
abstract: Two cases are reported of flexor tendon rupture of ulnar side fingers as a complication after distal radius fracture. One was associated with a prominent distal volar lip of fracture site, the other with a relatively volarly displaced ulnar head due to the dorsally tilted distal radius due to malunion. These may be unique cases of flexor tendon rupture with conservatively treated patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea , Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Woo-Lam
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Joo-Yup
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057072:Intra-Articular Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Distal radius; flexor tendon rupture; malunion; ulnar head