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Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 48, 2014 - Issue 6
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Case Reports

Attritional rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon by an osseous spur more than 30 years after wrist injury: A case report

Kohji KuriyamaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, Hirakata, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tsuyoshi MuraseDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Hisao MoritomoDepartment of Physical Therapy, Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science, Yukioka Hospital Hand Center, Osaka, Japan
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Hideki YoshikawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Pages 452-454 | Accepted 18 Jun 2010, Published online: 31 Mar 2014
 
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Abstract

A 46-year-old woman sustained a rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon more than 30 years after wrist injury. She was successfully treated with palmaris longus tendon graft and excision of the osseous spur. Attrition of the extensor pollicis longus tendon by a newly formed osseous spur was the major mechanism.

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