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Spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis brevis tendon in a baseball pitcher: A case report

A 15-year-old pitcher on a boys’ Little League baseball team suffered spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) tendon. Since the EPB tendon was, at surgery, found hypoplastic and non-functional, transfer of the extensor indicis proprius (EIP) tendon was carried out. After a 6-month...

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Autores principales: Fujimoto, Takuya, Tanase, Yoshihiro, Oribe, Takashi, Watanabe, Yasushi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2852763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19736611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009730902989323