Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger
Closed tendon avulsion of both flexor tendons in the same finger is an extremely rare condition. We encountered the case of a patient who presented a rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus in zone 1 and flexor digitorum superficialis in zone 3 in the little finger. This occurrence has not been re...
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| author | Marie-Aimée Päivi Soro Thierry Christen Sébastien Durand |
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| description | Closed tendon avulsion of both flexor tendons in the same finger is an extremely rare condition. We encountered the case of a patient who presented a rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus in zone 1 and flexor digitorum superficialis in zone 3 in the little finger. This occurrence has not been reported previously. We hereby present our case, make a review of the literature of avulsion of both flexor tendons of the same finger, and propose a treatment according to the site of the ruptures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-478879c34ff04aed8fffcafdb6fb0fe92025-08-20T02:37:55ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572016-01-01201610.1155/2016/68372986837298Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little FingerMarie-Aimée Päivi Soro0Thierry Christen1Sébastien Durand2Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, SwitzerlandClosed tendon avulsion of both flexor tendons in the same finger is an extremely rare condition. We encountered the case of a patient who presented a rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus in zone 1 and flexor digitorum superficialis in zone 3 in the little finger. This occurrence has not been reported previously. We hereby present our case, make a review of the literature of avulsion of both flexor tendons of the same finger, and propose a treatment according to the site of the ruptures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6837298 |
| spellingShingle | Marie-Aimée Päivi Soro Thierry Christen Sébastien Durand Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger |
| title_full | Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger |
| title_fullStr | Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger |
| title_short | Unusual Closed Traumatic Avulsion of Both Flexor Tendons in Zones 1 and 3 of the Little Finger |
| title_sort | unusual closed traumatic avulsion of both flexor tendons in zones 1 and 3 of the little finger |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6837298 |
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