Acute Isolated Flexor Tendon Laceration Associated With a Distal Radius Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subacute rupture of the flexor tendons secondary to distal radius fractures is well documented. Recently, accounts of flexor tendon rupture following open reduction internal fixation have been associated with volar plate fixation. However, discovery of an occult traumatic flexor tendon laceration during fixation of an acute distal radius fracture is not well described. This case indicates the importance of careful preoperative and intraoperative examination of the flexor tendons in the setting of comminuted distal radius fractures.

Methods

A forty-seven-year-old male sustained a comminuted, dorsally displaced distal radius fracture. Initial and post-reduction examinations revealed no gross functional abnormalities. Upon operative fixation of the fracture, lacerati

SUBMITTER: Hill JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5480671 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature