• Department of Hand Surgery.Tianjin Hospital;;
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In this article it was reported that there were 14 patients sufferingfrom traumatic or spontaneous rupt-ure of tendon of extensor pollicislongus at the level of the 3rd comp-artment of the dorsal aspect of thewrist where repair by direct suturecould not be used of the Listertubercle which might cause adhesionand re-rupture of the repaired tendon.It was proposed that this tendonrupture could be repaired by transferof extensor indicis proprius tendon.Of the 14 cases, 10 of them werefollowed with on average of 4.5 tears. The range of flexion and extension of the thumb all returned to normal with little disturbance of the motion of the index finger.

Citation: Fei Gili et al.. TRANSFER OF EXTENSOR INDICIS PROPRIUS TENDON IN THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC OR SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF TEXENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS TENDON. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1990, 4(1): 12-13. doi: Copy

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