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Delayed rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon: a retrospective study

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Eight patients with delayed rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon are presented. Six had suffered from a fracture of the wrist without dislocation. This is in our opinion a predisposing factor in the etiology of delayed tendon rupture. Our treatment of choice is transfer of the extensor indicis proprius tendon. In all patients satisfactory thumb function was restored.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Resconstructive Surgery, Academic Hospital Free University, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. P. Noordanus

  2. Department of Surgery and Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Medisch Centrum, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

    J. H. Pot, P. B. D. Jacobs & K. Stevens

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Noordanus, R.P., Pot, J.H., Jacobs, P.B.D. et al. Delayed rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon: a retrospective study. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 113, 164–166 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441626

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