Authors
Maximov B.I.
Moscow City Hospital №29 named after N.E.Bauman, Moscow
Abstract
This paper presents a clinical case of spontaneous extensor pollicis longus tendon rupture after volar locking plate fixation and consolidation of distal radius fracture and its successful surgical treatment.
Keywords: spontaneous rupture, extensor pollicis longus tendon, osteosynthesis, complication, distal radius.
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