title: Displaced dorsal metaphyseal cortex associated with delayed extensor pollicis longus tendon entrapment in a pediatric Smith's fracture.
abstract: Extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon entrapment has been rarely reported as a complication of closed treatment of a pediatric Smith's type distal radius fractures. This article presents the unique case of an initially functional EPL tendon that became entrapped in fracture callus in a 9-year-old boy, the youngest reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee 34232-9565, USA.
authors.forename: Alfred A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: Jeffry T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Jeffrey E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Martus
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D053682:Tendon Entrapment / Q000209:etiology*; D013933:Thumb