Rupture of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon Involved between the Radial Shaft and the Volar Locking Plate

Yuri Hiraishi; Hiroo Kimura; Taku Suzuki; Noboru Matsumura; Takuji Iwamoto; Morio Matsumoto; Masaya Nakamura

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1761424

Rupture of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon Involved between the Radial Shaft and the Volar Locking Plate

J Wrist Surg. 2023 Apr 5;12(6):540-542. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761424. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Yuri Hiraishi¹, Hiroo Kimura¹, Taku Suzuki¹, Noboru Matsumura¹, Takuji Iwamoto¹, Morio Matsumoto¹, Masaya Nakamura¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We report the case of a 61-year-old woman with right-sided flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon ruptured a month after volar locking plate fixation. Five months after the initial operation, hardware removal and reconstruction of the FPL tendon with the ipsilateral palmaris longus were performed. The proximal stump of the ruptured FPL tendon was found in the space between the distal radius and plate.

Keywords: FPL tendon; distal radius; fracture; volar locking plate.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

Funding The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, or publication of this article.