CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2014; 47(02): 272-273
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.138988
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Spontaneous rupture of one slip of flexor digitorum superficialis causing triggering

Bhardwaj Praveen
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Chandrasekar Vivekanand
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
S. Raja Sabapathy
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Address for correspondence:

Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital
313 Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore - 641 043, Tamil Nadu
India   

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Publikationsdatum:
26. August 2019 (online)

 

 


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  • REFERENCES

  • 1 Boyes JH, Wilson JN, Smith JW. Flexor-tendon ruptures in the forearm and hand. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1960; 42-A: 637-46
  • 2 Netscher DT, Eladoumikdachi F, Schneider A. A case study of a patient with closed avulsion rupture of a single slip of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon. Ann Plast Surg 2001; 47: 431-4
  • 3 Gordon SL. Late rupture of one slip on the floor digitorum superficialis: An unusual cause of triggering. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1981; 158: 142-3
  • 4 Fujiwara M. A case of trigger finger following partial laceration of flexor digitorum superficialis and review of the literature. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2005; 125: 430-2
  • 5 Stern JD, Mitra A, Spears J. Isolated avulsion of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon. J Hand Surg Am 1995; 20: 642-4

Address for correspondence:

Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital
313 Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore - 641 043, Tamil Nadu
India   

  • REFERENCES

  • 1 Boyes JH, Wilson JN, Smith JW. Flexor-tendon ruptures in the forearm and hand. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1960; 42-A: 637-46
  • 2 Netscher DT, Eladoumikdachi F, Schneider A. A case study of a patient with closed avulsion rupture of a single slip of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon. Ann Plast Surg 2001; 47: 431-4
  • 3 Gordon SL. Late rupture of one slip on the floor digitorum superficialis: An unusual cause of triggering. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1981; 158: 142-3
  • 4 Fujiwara M. A case of trigger finger following partial laceration of flexor digitorum superficialis and review of the literature. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2005; 125: 430-2
  • 5 Stern JD, Mitra A, Spears J. Isolated avulsion of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon. J Hand Surg Am 1995; 20: 642-4