Rupture of the Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon after Fracture of the Lower End of the Radius — a Clinical and Microangiography Study

Engkvist, Ove; Lundborg, Göran

doi:10.1016/s0072-968x(79)80015-7

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Rupture of the Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon after Fracture of the Lower End of the Radius — a Clinical and Microangiography Study

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Authors:

Ove Engkvist

Göran Lundborg

Abstract

The pathogenesis of the late post-traumatic rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon has never been satisfactorily explained. In the present series of fifty-nine ruptures two were partial, making possible an exact localization of the rupture. Microangiographic studies performed on amputated ar...

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