RUPTURE OF THE FLEXOR TENDON AFTER MALUNITED COLLES' FRACTURE

Authors: Murase, Tsuyoshi; Hiroshima, Kazuo

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Volume 37, Number 3, 2003 , pp. 188-191(4)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

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Abstract:

Flexor tendon rupture as a complication of Colles' fracture is rare. We describe a case of attrition rupture of flexor tendons to the ring and little fingers after a malunited Colles' fracture, and we review the 17 previously reported cases.

Keywords: Colles' fracture; tendon rupture; carpal tunnel syndrome

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02844310310007836

Publication date: 2003-01-01

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